Horse Owner
Steven Lo is also a prominent horse owner in Hong Kong, with many horses under his name. One of his horses, Xtension, won the BMW Champions Mile on 25 April 2011 under trainer John Moore. The horse came with a well-timed late run under jockey Darren Beadman to beat favorite Lucky Nine and the UAE's Musir over 1,600 meters at Sha Tin Racecourse. Another of his horses, Military Move, won the 134th running of the New Zealand Derby on March 6, 2010, trained by Shaune Ritchie. Despite producing a highly promising Derby trial when finishing strongly from well back to finish a close fifth in the Championship Stakes, Military Move slipped under the radar and went out as a relative outsider at 15-1 in the Derby two weeks later. But aided by a magnificent ride by Michael Walker, he again opened up a big break early in the home straight and determinedly held off all challengers to record an upset victory in New Zealand's richest race.
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And the people and beasts who have never a friend!
For the driver easily might have been you,
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