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Purton wins record-equalling third International Jockeys’ Championship

Posted on December 9, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has joined Douglas Whyte and Frankie Dettori as a triple winner of the International Jockeys' Championship, claiming the title without a victory in the four-race series at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 December) to add further lustre to a phenomenal resume. Four days after overtaking Whyte as the winner of the most[...]

Posted on December 7, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bidding to join Frankie Dettori and Douglas Whyte as a three-time winner of the HKD$800,000 LONGINES International Jockeys' Championship (IJC), Zac Purton believes fellow dual series champion Ryan Moore is the rider to beat at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 December). Reigning champion Purton and Moore, rated the 2021 LONGINES World's Best Jockey, will[...]

Posted on July 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui heads into Wednesday's (15 July) season finale at Happy Valley with seven chances across six races in the hope of pegging back Ricky Yiu's four-win lead in the trainers' championship. Yiu sits on 67 wins, while Lui is joint-second with Tony Cruz on 63, who himself needs all four of his entrants to[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ricky Yiu's steady, unwavering progress towards what he hopes will be a first trainers' championship continued at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 29 April) thanks to Shining Gem's (133lb) darting late burst. Vincent Ho's cool head had the top-weight positioned for a sprint finish off the turn in section two of the Class 3 Causeway[...]

Purton wins record-equalling third International Jockeys’ Championship

Zac Purton names Ryan Moore as hardest to beat for IJC title

Francis Lui hopes for luck in final title assault at Happy Valley season finale

Yiu’s on top and Shining, Moreira and Purton match strides

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