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ZAC PURTON

  • Hong Kong

Jockey ZAC PURTON after winning The Agency Randwick Guineas at Randwick in Australia.

Zac Purton began his apprenticeship in Brisbane where he won the 2003 Jockey Premiership before moving to Sydney with good success.

Purton was twice runner up in the Sydney Jockey Premiership, his first Group 1 win
coming with Excites in the 2006 Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick.

Zac Purton moved to Hong Kong in 2007 where he has continued to have good success, his first Hong Kong Group 1 coming with Ambitious Dragon in the 2012 Hong Kong Mile.

In 2012, Purton won the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot with Little Bridge before ending Douglas Whyte's 13-season dominance with his first Hong Kong Jockeys' championship in 2013/14.

Also a regular addition to Australian feature carnivals, Purton is one of the most highly regarded jockeys in Australasia with Group 1 wins in six countries

First Runner  12 Nov 1999
Falcon's Domain (Aus)  
Grafton (Aus)  |  Open Handicap
First Win  06 May 2000
Magic Zap (Aus)
Armidale (Aus)  |  Class 5 Handicap
Best Horse :
MILITARY ATTACK  (Timeform Rating 130)
ORATORIO (IRE)  ALMAASEH (IRE)  [By DANCING BRAVE (USA)]
First Group Win (G1):
EXCITES  (15 Apr 2006)
DANEWIN (AUS)  STAGING (AUS)  [By SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA)]

ZAC PURTON's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
5 of 11 26 Jun 2024 HAPV CALIFORNIA DEEPLY $7.2 RST80-60 C3 1200m $359,073 A S CRUZ 1:09.46
1 of 9 26 Jun 2024 HAPV COPARTNER PRANCE $0.8 RST105-80 C2 1200m $548,263 K W LUI 1:08.98
1 of 12 26 Jun 2024 HAPV PACKING HERMOD $1.3 RST60-40 C4 1200m $225,869 K W LUI 1:09.71
10 of 12 26 Jun 2024 HAPV FLYING PHANTOM $36 RST60-40 C4 1200m $225,869 JOHN SIZE 1:09.83
1 of 12 26 Jun 2024 HAPV COMET SPLENDIDO $4.2 RST60-40 C4 1650m $225,869 DANNY SHUM 1:39.33
4 of 12 26 Jun 2024 HAPV ROARING BEBE $6.7 RST60-40 C4 1200m $225,869 DAVID HALL 1:09.48
2 of 10 26 Jun 2024 HAPV GO GO GO $5.2 RST40-0 C5 2200m $168,919 W Y SO 2:15.69
1 of 14 23 Jun 2024 SHAT RUBYLOT $2.1 RST80-60 C3 1400m $359,073 DAVID A HAYES 1:21.86
2 of 14 23 Jun 2024 SHAT SIMPLE HEDGE $2.2 RST85-60 C3 2000m $395,753 JOHN SIZE 2:01.23
3 of 14 23 Jun 2024 SHAT BEAUTY ALLIANCE $20 RST60-40 C4 1400m $225,869 JOHN SIZE 1:21.59
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
K W LUI 7 87.5% 0 87.5% 8 $1,526,854 0 0 0 0 $1.81
JAMIE RICHARDS 2 14.3% 2 28.6% 14 $329,978 0 0 0 0 $0.49
DANNY SHUM 2 28.6% 2 57.1% 7 $374,363 0 0 0 0 $1.17
A S CRUZ 2 33.3% 2 66.7% 6 $449,052 0 0 0 0 $1.17
DAVID A HAYES 2 33.3% 2 66.7% 6 $423,102 0 0 0 0 $1.25
F C LOR 2 40.0% 2 80.0% 5 $404,592 0 0 0 0 $1.28
DAVID HALL 1 12.5% 1 25.0% 8 $339,698 0 0 0 0 $0.31
MARK NEWNHAM 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $280,920 0 0 0 0 $0.70
MANFRED MAN 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $130,254 0 0 0 0 $1.23
C H YIP 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $128,745 0 0 0 0 $1.35
JOHN SIZE 0 0.0% 8 61.5% 13 $359,552 0 0 0 0 -
PIERRE NG 0 0.0% 3 33.3% 9 $197,303 0 0 0 0 -
T P YUNG 0 0.0% 2 25.0% 8 $106,201 0 0 0 0 -
W Y SO 0 0.0% 4 100.0% 4 $149,520 0 0 0 0 -
W K MO 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $59,526 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANNY SHUM 165 19.9% 190 42.8% 830 $29,445,107 1 0 0 0 $0.93
CASPAR FOWNES 152 16.7% 240 43.0% 912 $28,547,264 0 1 1 0 $0.89
C H YIP 140 19.0% 158 40.5% 736 $21,294,960 0 0 0 0 $1.03
P O'SULLIVAN 128 17.9% 155 39.6% 715 $25,554,225 4 0 0 0 $1.20
JOHN SIZE 110 22.4% 144 51.7% 491 $36,485,172 3 1 3 0 $0.96
DAVID HALL 94 18.7% 131 44.8% 502 $18,921,657 0 0 1 0 $0.87
JOHN MOORE 92 22.5% 96 46.1% 408 $35,097,625 9 4 5 0 $1.01
T P YUNG 86 20.6% 114 47.8% 418 $13,603,587 0 0 0 0 $0.94
F C LOR 85 20.7% 112 47.9% 411 $18,202,523 0 0 0 0 $0.77
K W LUI 82 19.5% 85 39.7% 421 $16,473,002 0 1 1 0 $0.94
MANFRED MAN 77 16.6% 100 38.1% 464 $19,515,056 3 3 2 0 $1.02
A S CRUZ 70 20.3% 101 49.7% 344 $45,546,217 9 4 6 0 $0.67
P F YIU 67 18.4% 93 43.8% 365 $11,152,802 0 0 0 0 $1.43
W Y SO 50 16.8% 95 48.7% 298 $8,394,260 0 0 0 0 $0.81
TREVOR HARDY 47 20.1% 71 50.4% 234 $453,815 0 0 0 0 $0.81

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2023/24 121 18.3% 197 48.0% 662 $45,729,300 2 2 2 0 $0.69
2022/23 182 25.0% 175 49.0% 728 $57,098,637 6 4 7 0 $0.86
2021/22 136 20.2% 193 48.8% 674 $32,882,355 1 1 2 0 $0.87
2020/21 125 17.5% 192 44.5% 713 $29,826,713 1 0 1 0 $0.82
2019/20 147 20.8% 201 49.2% 707 $39,253,572 3 2 3 0 $0.85
2018/19 170 24.6% 183 51.2% 690 $43,672,982 7 3 4 1 $1.05
2017/18 139 21.3% 175 48.1% 653 $33,412,023 6 0 1 0 $0.84
2016/17 111 17.6% 155 42.2% 631 $26,485,542 3 1 1 0 $1.05
2015/16 91 15.3% 134 37.9% 593 $21,061,252 2 2 1 1 $0.98
2014/15 107 18.3% 123 39.3% 585 $22,472,395 5 0 1 1 $0.91
Overall 2640 16.5% 3875 24.2% 16029 $438,446,520 44 22 35 28 $0.90

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