Able Friend

Breeding: Shamardal (USA) x Ponte Piccolo (NZ)
Breeder: Ramsey Pastoral Company Pty Ltd
Race: HK-2 – HKJC Premier Bowl H. – 25-Oct-15, 2015 Champions Mile (G1), 2015 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (G1), The Stewards’ Cup (G1), The Longines Hong Kong Mile (G1)
Cost: $550,000
Buyer: George Moore Bloodstock

Highlights

Foaled at Stuart Ramsey’s Turangga Farm in the Segenhoe Valley, just a few minutes away from Scone in the Hunter Valley, Able Friend is by Darley’s former shuttle stallion Shamardal, out of the Volksraad mare Ponte Piccolo.

Offered for sale at the 2011 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, the imposing chestnut was knocked down to Hong Kong-based agent George Moore Bloodstock for $550,000, the highest priced recorded in Australia for a colt by his sire.

Initially trained in Australia by Hawkes Racing for owners Dr and Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan, where, as a three-year-old Able Friend had two starts, a new chapter of his career commenced in Hong Kong under the care of John Moore.

A winner of the HK-Group 1 Hong Kong Classic at just his fifth start in Hong Kong, Able Friend has competed at Group 1 or Group 2 level in all his starts since. With wins also in the Champions Mile, Stewards’ Cup, Hong Kong Mile, Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup, all at Group 1 level, Able Friend was duly crowned Head of the 2015 World Thoroughbred Rankings (Sprint), Equal Leading Older Male on the 2015 WTR (Mile), Hong Kong Horse of the Year and Champion Miler in Hong Kong in 2014-15.

Race Wins and Replays

Beat The Clock

Breeding: Hinchinbrook (AUS) x Flion Fenena (AUS)
Breeder: J Henderson, NSW
Sold: By Yarraman Park Stud for $70,000 at 2015 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale
Purchaser: Prima Park Bloodstock
Race: Group Two HKJC Sprint Cup in Hong Kong (8 April 2018)

Blizzard

Breeding: Starcraft (NZ) x Stormy Choice (AUS)
Breeder: GSA Bloodstock, VIC
Race: G3 Hong Kong Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1 January 2017)

Cost: $75,000 at 2013 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale
Purchaser: Ricky Yiu, Hong Kong

Conte

Breeding: Starcraft (NZ) x Miss Midas (AUS)
Breeder: GP Nolan, QLD
Sold: By Rosari Farm for $50,000 at 2015 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale
Purchaser: Aquanita Racing
Race: Group Three Chinese Club Challenge Cup in Hong Kong (1 January 2019)

Contentment

Breeding: Hussonet (USA) x Jemison (AUS)
Breeder: P Favretto, T & J Hodgson, P Rowe, D Sinn and P Sinn, NSW
Race: Group One HKJC Champions Mile (7 May 2017)

マーク・トエインが、見たのは、多彩で長い歴史を誇るオーストラリアの競馬の一瞬でしかありませんでしたが、あれから、オーストラリアの競馬は、国の主要産業となり、さらに人々の情熱を掻き立てる娯楽となっています。オーストラアリアの競馬は多くの詩人に謳われ、皇室がパトロンとなり、国家の伝統として高く評価をされ続けてきました。、

Dashing Fellow

Breeding: Duporth (AUS) x Moon Fever (AUS)
Breeder: Springton Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, QLD
Sold: By Kitchwin Hills for $160,000 at 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
Purchaser: George Moore Bloodstock
Race: Group Three National Day Cup in Hong Kong (1 October 2017)

Eagle Way

Breeding: More Than Ready (USA) x Wedgetail Eagle (AUS)
Breeder: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd, NSW
Race: Group Three HKJC Queen Mother Memorial Cup (30 April 2017)

マーク・トエインが、見たのは、多彩で長い歴史を誇るオーストラリアの競馬の一瞬でしかありませんでしたが、あれから、オーストラリアの競馬は、国の主要産業となり、さらに人々の情熱を掻き立てる娯楽となっています。オーストラアリアの競馬は多くの詩人に謳われ、皇室がパトロンとなり、国家の伝統として高く評価をされ続けてきました。、

Eagle Way

Breeding: More Than Ready (USA) x Wedgetail Eagle (AUS)
Breeder: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd, NSW
Race: Group Three HKJC January Cup in Hong Kong (10 January 2018)

マーク・トエインが、見たのは、多彩で長い歴史を誇るオーストラリアの競馬の一瞬でしかありませんでしたが、あれから、オーストラリアの競馬は、国の主要産業となり、さらに人々の情熱を掻き立てる娯楽となっています。オーストラアリアの競馬は多くの詩人に謳われ、皇室がパトロンとなり、国家の伝統として高く評価をされ続けてきました。、

Eagle Way

Breeding: More Than Ready (USA) x Wedgetail Eagle (AUS)
Breeder: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd, NSW
Race: Group Two HKJC BOCHK Wealth Management JC Cup in Hong Kong (18 November 2018)

マーク・トエインが、見たのは、多彩で長い歴史を誇るオーストラリアの競馬の一瞬でしかありませんでしたが、あれから、オーストラリアの競馬は、国の主要産業となり、さらに人々の情熱を掻き立てる娯楽となっています。オーストラアリアの競馬は多くの詩人に謳われ、皇室がパトロンとなり、国家の伝統として高く評価をされ続けてきました。、

Fair King Prawn

Breeding: Danehill x Twiglet
Breeder: Catherine Redmond
Race: Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1999, 2001), Hong Kong Sprint (1999), Yasuda Kinen (2000), Happy Valley Trophy (2000), Hong Kong Stewards’ Cup (2001), Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (2001)
Cost:$180,000 at the Inglis Easter Sale

Highlights

Fairy King Prawn was sold and exported to Hong Kong as a yearling he became one of the most successful and popular horses in his adopted territory. Equally adept as a sprinter or as a miler he won twelve of his twenty-six starts including the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (twice) the Hong Kong Sprint, Hong Kong Stewards’ Cup and Bauhinia Sprint Trophy. In 2000 he became the first Hong Kong horse to win a Grade One race abroad when he won the Yasuda Kinen in Japan. He won numerous awards including the title of Hong Kong Horse of the Year on two occasions. He was retired from racing in 2002.

Race Wins and Replays