Flying Dancer

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

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.

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.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Flying Dancer (NZ), brown gelding, 1982

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.

References

• Video at YouTube of Flying Dancers win in the 1988 Hong Kong Invitation Cup 香港邀請盃 (Chinese language)
• Flying Dancer's pedigree and partial racing stats

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