Despite an outside draw in the Hong Kong Derby field of 14 at Sha Tin, Ambitious Dragon NZ (Pins AUS) easily overcame all his opponents with ease.

Only Xtension IRE (Xaar) gave him a contest when AD finally made his move to the front losing by only ¾ lengths.

The Derby is the premier Classic race of the season at 1m2f on Turf.

Ambitious Dragon is a five-year-old wonder.  His first race was February 20 and his second - the Derby.  Both are Group 1 races and he won both earning himself £1,048,720 and a World rating of 121.

His victories are great credit to New Zealand's breeding industry, breeder E P Lowry and AD's dam Golden Gamble NZ (Oregon USA).

He defeated the experienced Lucky Nine IRE (Dubawi IRE) in February by 1¼ lengths after Lucky Nine had just defeated Xtension in January by 1¼ lengths.  

Maxime Guyon, Andre Fabre's lead jockey, partnered AD in his three races and he is trained by A T Millard.

Xtension also proved his abilities and toughness in coming so close to the winner.


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