{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse
, horsename = Flying Dancer
, image =
, caption =
, sire = Ballybrit
, grandsire = Wandering Eyes
, dam = Pur Sang
, damsire = In The Purple
, sex =
Gelding
A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. Castration, as well as the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male equine to be calmer and better-behaved, makin ...
, foaled = 1982
, country =
New Zealand
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Lim Por-yen
Lim Por-yen (; c. 1914 – 18 February 2005) was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television.
Biography
Lim Por-yen was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong, and moved to Hong ...
, trainer =
Brian Kan Ping-chee
Brian Kan Ping-chee (; 24 November 1937 – 12 February 2022) was a five-time champion horse trainer and politician in Hong Kong.
Horse training career
An émigré to the United Kingdom in 1952 who worked in a Chinese restaurant near Epsom Down ...
, record = 26: 5-7-2
, earnings = HK$2,314,070
, race = Hong Kong Invitation Cup (1988)
, awards=
Hong Kong Horse of the Year
Horse of the Year is the most prestigious honor in Thoroughbred horse racing given by racing organizations in a variety of countries around the world.
In Hong Kong, the voting for Horse of the Year is organized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as par ...
New Zealand
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) was a
Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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who competed in
Hong Kong
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. Sired by Ballybrit, a descendant of the British champion
Polymelus
Polymelus (1902–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was the leading sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland for five years (1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1921). Among his most famous descendants are Secretariat and Northern Dance ...
, he was out of the
mare
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...
Pur Sang who was from the British Hyperion line.
Owned by Hong Kong businessman
Lim Por-yen
Lim Por-yen (; c. 1914 – 18 February 2005) was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television.
Biography
Lim Por-yen was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong, and moved to Hong ...
, Flying Dancer is best known as the winner of the inaugural running of the Hong Kong Invitation Cup in 1988 at
Sha Tin Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Penfold Park is encircled by the track, and the Hon ...