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Able Friend Conquers Hong Kong Classic Mile

19th Jan 2014

Powerful Australian bred and Inglis sold galloper Able Friend turned on the afterburners at Sha Tin on Sunday evening, steaming away with the Group 1 Hong Kong Classic Mile in race record time.

Able Friend (Shamardal x Ponte Piccolo) was sent out the odds on favourite for the four-year-old feature and he duly saluted in emphatic style under Joao ‘Magic’ Moreira.

Replay and result of the Hong Kong Classic Mile can be viewed HERE

The John Moore trained star stopped the clock in a Classic Mile record time of 1:33.43 for the 1600m contest, netting his owners the lion’s share of the HK$6,000,000 race prizemoney.

Bred by Stuart Ramsey, Able Friend was purchased by George Moore Bloodstock for $550,000 from Ramsey’s Turangga Farm draft at the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Able Friend’s yearling half-brother by Manhattan Rain will be offered by Turangga Farm at the 2014 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney in April.

Able Friend is the most expensive son of Shamardal to be sold in Australia and he is living right up to his pricetag. Sunday’s win was Able Friend’s fourth win from five starts in Hong Kong.

The preview magazine for this year’s Australian Easter Yearling Sale can be viewed online HERE

The prestigious auction will be conducted on 8, 9 & 10 April in 2014, only days before the start of The Championships at Royal Randwick.