Zac Purton

Zac Purton (born 3 January 1983) is an Australian jockey who lives in Hong Kong.

Zac Purton
Purton at the Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong on 1 July 2023
OccupationJockey
Born(1983-01-03)3 January 1983
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Major racing wins
Caulfield Cup
Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong Derby
Hong Kong Vase
King's Stand Stakes
Takamatsunomiya Kinen
Significant horses
Beauty Generation, Little Bridge, Military Attack

Purton won the Brisbane jockeys' premiership as an apprentice in 2003, then moved to Sydney and was quickly amongst the top jockeys there before he began his Hong Kong career in 2007/08. In the 2013/14 season, Purton ended the 13-year championship reign of Douglas Whyte, becoming the first Australian jockey to win the Hong Kong title since Noel Barker in 1991.[1] (112 wins). He notched up 112 wins on his way to the title. Purton also raced to what was then the fastest 50 in Hong Kong history that season and became the second rider, after Whyte, to notch 100 wins in a season. Purton lost his title when he came second to João Moreira in 2014/15 with 95 wins, then was runner-up to Moreira again in 2015-16 and 2016-17 before reclaiming the Hong Kong championship in 2017-18 in a close finish.

With 854 career wins as a jockey in Hong Kong, Purton sits third on the list behind Whyte (1,791) and Tony Cruz (946). He represented Hong Kong in the World Super Jockey Series held by the Japan Racing Association in 2012, recording two wins and being crowned as champion. He won the prestigious Hong Kong Derby in 2015, with the John Size-trained Luger, and his Hong Kong Cup win on Time Warp in 2017 made Purton only the third jockey, after Gerald Mosse and Moreira, to have won all four of Hong Kong's December international races.

Major wins

 Australia

 United Kingdom

 Hong Kong

 Japan

 Singapore

 Macau

  • Macau Hong Kong Trophy - (1) - Romantic Touch (2017)
  • Macau Derby - (1) - Sacred Man (2017)

Performance at the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Seasons
 Total Rides
 No. of Wins
 No. of 2nds
 No. of 3rds
 No. of 4ths
 Stakes won
2007/2008 420 29 23 30 26 HK$22,437,475
2008/2009 489 43 40 37 37 HK$37,035,812
2009/2010 518 48 56 38 50 HK$48,676,250
2010/2011 527 53 40 45 57 HK$41,472,500
2011/2012 482 64 53 58 42 HK$50,993,250
2012/2013 550 88 86 51 52 HK$94,153,400
2013/2014 639 112 86 68 56 HK$101,465,937
2014/2015 481 95 66 41 40 HK$107,683,325
2015/2016 531 80 74 49 51 HK$97,453,000
2016/2017 604 107 92 60 48 HK$140,821,315
2017/2018 635 136 107 64 60 HK$181,824,240
2018/2019 680 168 111 69 62 HK$234,989,515
2019/2020 707 147 101 100 56 HK$202,112,646
2020/2021 713 125 117 75 72 HK$173,768,000
2021/2022 674 136 97 96 66 HK$185,307,365

References
  1. The Hong Kong Jockey Club – Profile of Zac Purton
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