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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 has been a National rider for Malaysia in Showjumping and Dressage since 1995 and had been competing in the European circuit at the age of 18. He is currently 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. At that time he was coached by a Canadian, Frank Selinger. 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 in France under the guidance of French International rider Edouard Couperie. The year after he moved to Belgium and competed in several International competitions around Europe and was then coached by New Zealand's Olympic rider 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. In that same year he competed in the World Cup Final B held in Germany and was placed overall second.

His love for horses started at the age of 10. At first it was just a weekend hobby but later Qabil got more interested in riding and started training 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 about 3 years from Prelim level up till Prix St. George. In 1995 he was selected as a National rider to represent the country in numerous International events around the world. Later that year he was in the Malaysian Dressage team which won the Bronze medal at The 15th South East Asian Games in Thailand. In 98, at the 13th Asian Games he was part of the Dressage team winning the Silver medal. In the 2001 South East Asian Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Qabil lead the team by winning the Dressage team Gold medal and also took the individual Gold.

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 by the Olympic Council Of Malaysia. In 2002, He was the first Malaysian qualified for The World Equestrian Games held in Jerez,Spain after he was placed 5th in the WEG qualifier Grand Prix in Lons Le Sounier, France. 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 .