ON PARADE: Trainer Guy Lowry, wife Brigid and their children Libby (left), 9, Pippa, 6, and Charlie, 11, build a rapport with champion gelding Ambitious Dragon. PHOTO/Duncan Brown
ON PARADE: Trainer Guy Lowry, wife Brigid and their children Libby (left), 9, Pippa, 6, and Charlie, 11, build a rapport with champion gelding Ambitious Dragon. PHOTO/Duncan Brown
Ambitious Dragon is part of Hong Kong racing folklore.
The 2011 and 2012 Hong Kong Horse of the Year was named champion miler twice as well as two-time champion middle-distance exponent.
The versatile 9-year-old Hawke's Bay-bred gelding ended his career with a record of 13 wins from 30 starts, pocketinghis owners HK$58,722,850 as the sixth-highest earner in the former British colony's history.
In a racing career which began in 2010, the Johnson Lam Pui Hung and Anderson Lam Him Yue-owned horse won 11 races at Sha Tin Racecourse including the Hong Kong Mile, Hong Kong Classic Cup, Hong Kong Derby, Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Hong Kong Stewards' Cup and the Hong Kong Gold Cup.
Under the guidance of trainer Tony Millard, of South Africa, the son of Pins clinched a host of big-time races at Sha Tin, notably group I wins in the 2011 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup and the 2012 Longines Hong Kong Mile.
