Christopher Tsui (born 1981 in Hong Kong) is a businessman and a

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Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

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owner. Educated in Paris and London, he graduated in 2008 from

Cass Business School Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of City, University of London, located in St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London. It was established in 1966, and it is consistently ranked as one ...

with a master's in Management. He is also a

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who qualified to play on the

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Career

He is best known as the owner of

Sea The Stars Sea The Stars (foaled 6 April 2006) is a retired champion Irish Thoroughbred racehorse regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. He won the 2000 Guineas, the Derby, the Eclipse Stakes – the first colt to accomplish this treble ...

, the World Champion thoroughbred racehorse who completed an unbeaten three-year-old career by winning the

2000 Guineas The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) and scheduled to take place each year at ...

, The Derby and the

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance ...

in the same year, the only horse to do so in the history of thoroughbred racing. Sea The Stars also won the

Eclipse Stakes The Eclipse Stakes is a Group races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown P ...

, the

International Stakes The International Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards (2, ...

and the

Irish Champion Stakes The Irish Champion Stakes (Irish: Curadh-Dhuais na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 ...

in the same year, all major international races. Christopher Tsui is the youngest known owner to have won any of these races. Sea The Stars was bred by Sunderland Holding Inc, the Tsui family's breeding operation. Founded by Christopher's father, David Tsui began buying horses in the early 1990s and raced a stable in France. David Tsui most famously owned 1993 Arc winner

Urban Sea Urban Sea (18 February 1989 – 2 March 2009) was an American bred Thoroughbred racemare best known for winning France's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in 1993 and for her importance as a world-class broodmare. She is one o ...

who is the dam of Sea The Stars and who died several years ago. However, in an interview at

Epsom Downs Racecourse Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse on the hills associated with Epsom in Surrey, England which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. The "Downs" referred to in the name are part of the North Downs. The course, which has a crowd capacity of 13 ...

, Christopher Tsui said that his mother, Ling, a special adviser to the Ministry of Labour for the

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, studies

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s and breeding patterns and does all the research that has led to the family's racing success

Since becoming involved in the sport, Sunderland Holding Inc has bred a number of successful horses including Galileo (horse), Galileo, Black Sam Bellamy, All Too Beautiful, Melikah, Cherry Hinton,

My Typhoon {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = My Typhoon , image = , caption = , sire = Giant's Causeway , grandsire = Storm Cat , dam = Urban Sea , damsire = Miswaki , sex = Mare , foaled = 2002 , country = Ireland , colour = Chestnut , bre ...

, and Urban Ocean.

Awards

In 2009, Christopher Tsui was voted Owner of the Year twice, once by the British

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and another by the Horserace Writers and Photographers Association.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsui, Christopher 1981 births Living people Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of Bayes Business School Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong racehorse owners and breeders Owners of Epsom Derby winners Chinese male golfers Owners of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners