FAIRY KING PRAWN

Born 13.10.1995
by Danehill ex Twiglet by Twig Moss
bay Australian gelding. 
Private Purchase Griffin
Owner: Mr & Mrs Lau Sak-Hong
Hong Kong record: 12 wins from 26 starts
Total stakes won: HK$37,695,967

 

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.


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