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Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is the second child in a family of three. He has an elder brother Quzier Ambak and a younger sister Quzandria Nur whom also rides. He started riding at the age of 10 and represented the country at the age of 15 , Since then he has been representing Malaysia in numrous events around the world. Today he is based in Malaysia and often goes to Europe to train and compete.

For Showjumping, it all started in 1995 when he competed in several national junior jumping competitions. In the following years he started competing internationally in Spruce Meadows Calgary, Canada and also the States. In the early part of 97 he moved to Europe to compete under the guidance of French International rider Edouard Couperie. The year after he moved to Belgium and was then coached by New Zealand's Olympian Bruce Goodin. In the same year he competed in several Nations Cup and the World Cup qualifiers held in South East Asia. In 1999 he started competing in some of the Grand Prix events around Europe.

His love for horses started at an early age. At first it was just a weekend hobby but later Qabil got more interested in riding and started riding Dressage on ponies. In 1992 he started competing at several National Dressage competitions and was trained by an Australian trainer, Jenny Brockman. The following year he was trained by a German trainer, Reiner Kramer for 3 years from Prelim level up till Prix St. George. In 1995 he was selected as a National rider to represent the country. Qabil has won numerous Dressage events national and Internationally.

In 2001, Qabil was the winner of the South East Asian World Cup League and was the young rider champion. At the 2001 South East Asian Games, he took four Gold medals for Showjumping and Dressage. By winning the four Gold medals, Qabil was named as the most outstanding male athlete of the 21st SEA Games. He was also awarded as the Malaysian Olympian of the Year 2001. In 2002, He was the first Malaysian qualified for The World Equestrian Games held in Jerez,Spain. Later that year, He helped the Malaysian showjumping team to win the Bronze Medal at the 14th Asian Games in Korea. By winning the SEA World Cup League for the second time in 2003, Qabil was the first Malaysian to create history competing at The World Cup Finals. Qabil became the first man to defend his SEA Games showjumping crown when he won the Individual Final at the Manila SEA Games 2005. At the Doha Asian Games 2006 he helped the country to win the Team Dressage Silver Medal and Individualy took the Bronze Medal. Recently once again he created history by repeating his four Gold haul at the 2007 South East Asian Games in Thailand and in the same year winning the South East Asian World Cup league for the fourth time. His goal is to one day represent the country in the Olympic Games .