The horse that
put Hong Kong racing on the international map. Three times voted
Hong Kong's most popular horse. Winner of the International Group
One Yasuda Kinen, the premier mile race in Japan. Officially rated
by the International Classifications committee joint-top rated Older
Sprinter in the World in 2000. When he was found to be lame, it
broke everyone's heart. A magnificent, powerfully-built horse with
a blistering finish, he had a wonderful temperament. Ivan Allan
called him "a trainer's dream", though Allan shares training honours
with Ricky Yiu Poon Fai who had originally bought the horse for
the owners at the Sydney Easter Yearling sale and trained him for
most of his first two seasons. The horse ran a narrow 2nd in the
Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba and, memorably, in the Hong Kong
Mile at Sha Tin against the champion New Zealand racemare Sunline.
Fairy King Prawn was a superstar. |