Able Friend
| Able Friend | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Shamardal |
| Grandsire | Giant's Causeway |
| Dam | Ponte Piccolo |
| Damsire | Volksraad |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 19 September 2009 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Ramsey Pastoral Co Pty Ltd |
| Owner | Cornel Li Fook Kwan |
| Trainer | John Moore |
| Record | 19: 13-4-1 |
| Earnings | HK$52,333,500 |
| Major wins | |
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Hong Kong Classic Mile (2014) Chairman's Trophy (2014, 2015) Jockey Club Mile (2014) Hong Kong Mile (2014) Hong Kong Stewards' Cup (2015) Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (2015) Champions Mile (2015) Premier Bowl (2015) |
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| Awards | |
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Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2015) Hong Kong Most Popular Horse of the Year (2015) Hong Kong Champion Miler (2015) |
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Able Friend (Chinese 步步友: foaled 19 September 2009) is an Australian-bred, Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing some promise when winning one of his two races in his native country, the gelding was transferred to race in Hong Kong in 2013. In the 2013/2014 season he established himself as one of the best milers in Hong Kong a with four wins including the Hong Kong Classic Mile and the Chairman's Trophy from seven races. In the following season his wins in the Jockey Club Mile (2014) and Hong Kong Mile saw him rated among the best racehorses in the world. By the International Ratings of 127, he was officially the highest internationally rated Hong Kong racehorse ever. He was crowned as the Hong Kong Horse of the Year in 2015.
Able Friend is a chestnut gelding, with a white sock on his right hind leg bred in Australia by Stuart Ramsey's Ramsey Pastoral Co Pty Ltd. He was sired by the Godolphin stallion Shamardal who won six of his seven races in Europe including four Group One events. On his retirement from racing he became a "shuttle" stallion standing in Ireland for part of the year before moving to Australia for the southern hemisphere breeding season: his progeny have included Mukhadram, Lope de Vega, Dan Excel (Singapore Airlines International Cup) and Casamento (Racing Post Trophy). Able Friend's dam Ponte Piccolo was a successful racemare who won the Keith F Nolan Classic in 2005. She was great-granddaughter of the Irish-bred broodmare Royal News, whose other descendants have included Hit The Roof (Victoria Derby) and Ivory's Irish (Australian Derby). Able Friend is an unusually large racehorse, with a peak racing weight of 1315 pounds (596 kg), and is nicknamed "Elephant" by his stable staff.
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