Flying Dancer
New Zealand-bred Hong Kong racehorse
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Flying Dancer (foaled 1982 in New Zealand) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Hong Kong. Sired by Ballybrit, a descendant of the British champion Polymelus, he was out of the mare Pur Sang who was from the British Hyperion line.
SireBallybrit
GrandsireWandering Eyes
DamPur Sang
DamsireIn The Purple
| Flying Dancer | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Ballybrit |
| Grandsire | Wandering Eyes |
| Dam | Pur Sang |
| Damsire | In The Purple |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1982 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Not found |
| Owner | Lim Por-yen |
| Trainer | Brian Kan Ping-chee |
| Record | 26: 5-7-2 |
| Earnings | HK$2,314,070 |
| Major wins | |
| Hong Kong Invitation Cup (1988) | |
| Awards | |
| Hong Kong Horse of the Year (1987) | |
| Last updated on 2nd March, 2026 | |
Owned by Hong Kong businessman Lim Por-yen, Flying Dancer is best known as the winner of the inaugural running of the Hong Kong Invitation Cup in 1988 at Sha Tin Racecourse.[1]
Pedigree
| Sire Ballybrit (NZ) 1973 |
Wandering Eyes (IRE) 1962 |
Palestine (GB) 1947 |
Fair Trial (GB) 1932 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Una (IRE) 1930 | |||
| Gneevebawn (IRE) 1953 |
The Phoenix (GB) 1940 | ||
| Cinnamon (GB) 1934 | |||
| Banba (NZ) 1965 |
Resurgent (IRE) 1950 |
The Phoenix (GB) 1940 | |
| Gainsborough Lass (GB) 1934 | |||
| Kay-Ib-Marie (NZ) 1959 |
Harken (NZ) 1949 | ||
| Royal Vision (NZ) 1951 | |||
| Dam Pur Sang (NZ) 1975 |
In the Purple (FR) 1966 |
Right Royal (FR) 1958 |
Owen Tudor (GB) 1938 |
| Bastia (FR) 1951 | |||
| La Mirambule (FR) 1949 |
Coaraze (FR) 1942 | ||
| La Futaie (FR) 1937 | |||
| Rhondalette (NZ) 1969 |
Oncidium (GB) 1961 |
Alcide (GB) 1955 | |
| Malcomia (GB) 1952 | |||
| Miss Rhondda (IRE) 1962 |
Palestine (GB) 1947 | ||
| Tulira (IRE) 1956 |
- Flying Dancer is 3x4 inbred to Palestine, meaning that the stallion appears once in the third generation of his pedigree and once in the fourth.
- Flying Dancer is also 4x4 inbred to The Phoenix, meaning that the stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.