Zac Purton

Exciting Sky Field is on the Hong Kong Classic Mile trail

Posted on September 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Sky Field made a big statement before the break between seasons and this Sunday (13 September) at Sha Tin he readies for his return in the Class 3 Hung Hom Handicap (1200m), with the Four-Year-Old Classic Series on his radar. “It’s a big season for him, so I’m treating him like a horse with a[...]

Posted on September 10, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton was at his brilliant best on Wednesday (9 September) night as he bagged a quartet of wins at Happy Valley’s first fixture of the season to find himself in an all too familiar spot: top of the premiership. The Australian ace leads the title race after two race meetings[...]

Posted on September 9, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan heads into Wednesday’s (9 September) eight-race card at Happy Valley primed for the mount aboard California Rad in the second section of the Class 3 Causeway Bay Handicap (1200m). Happy Valley’s first meeting of the season marks the start of the 2020/21 DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, which runs until 24 February, 2021.[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Perfect Match landed the spoils in Sunday’s (6 September) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) and did so with plenty in hand and also with December riches in mind, as trainer Danny Shum confirmed the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint as his long-term target. “I am aiming him toward December, he will go[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira, winless on this day last year, made a roaring start to the 2020/2021 racing season with a winning treble at the opening meeting of the Hong Kong racing season at Sha Tin which also saw fierce riding rival Zac Purton, trainer John Size and his triumphantly returning contemporary David Hayes claim doubles. Moreira,[...]

Posted on September 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton sealed his fourth champion jockey title last season, reigning supreme with 147 wins to end the term as the current dominant force in Hong Kong with 1,170 career wins. But with a new campaign starting on Sunday, 6 September, the champion jockey is predicting that this season’s battle to retain his crown will[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton believes he will have to fight harder than ever before if he is to successfully defend his Hong Kong champion jockey title next season. The 37-year-old claimed the coveted crown for a fourth time after an intense season-long battle with his arch-rival Joao Moreira. Though able to reflect fondly on another memorable campaign,[...]

Posted on July 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant’s outstanding exploits during the 2019/20 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation function held at Sha Tin Racecourse last night, Thursday, 16 July. The Tony Cruz-trained six-year-old was also named Champion Middle-Distance Horse and Champion Stayer for the second consecutive year. Exultant[...]

Posted on July 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s “season like no other” ended at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 15 July with Ricky Yiu securing an odds-defying champion trainer title that was most certainly in keeping with the campaign’s extraordinary backdrop. The Hong Kong Jockey Club navigated the uncertainty of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic decisively, implementing measures that protected public and[...]

Posted on July 16, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ricky Yiu sealed the champion trainer title at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 July) night to fulfill a lifelong dream, and he did it with a smile and a shrug. With Hong Kong in the midst of a coronavirus ‘third wave’, the famous Valley crowd was not there to cheer his remarkable feat, and there[...]

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 July 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Zac Purton has wrapped up his fourth Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership and third in succession. There is one meeting remaining in the 2019-20 season in Hong Kong but Purton has an unassailable lead at the top of the premiership standings, leading Joao Moreira by seven wins. Moreira will sit out the final meeting at[...]

Posted on July 13, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton locked up a fourth Hong Kong champion jockey title when Fast Most Furious (130lb) carried him past the post for his 144th win of the campaign in the Class 1 Sha Tin Mile Trophy Handicap (1600m) on Sunday, 12 July. The Australian ace had an eight-win lead at the start of the 11-race[...]

Posted on July 10, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore sits at the open window. His elbows rest on the worktop, his hands cup binoculars in a steadying grip and his eyes study a horse galloping head-on towards his elevated position. He lowers the Zeiss glasses, tilting them away casually in his right hand; his left hand takes hold of a stopwatch and[...]

Posted on July 9, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton returned a favour at Happy Valley late on Wednesday night (8 July) to keep Tony Cruz in the frame for the champion trainer title. With front-runner Ricky Yiu enduring an evening of misfortune and his closest pursuer Francis Lui forced to settle for a pair of seconds, third-placed Cruz closed the gap when[...]

Posted on July 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has the jockeys’ title more or less wrapped up – the shiny bow is all that’s needed – but the trainers’ race has plenty of yardage left with three race meetings to go, and Ricky Yiu is hoping to maintain his recent, dramatic form. Yiu is under intense pressure from Francis Lui’s relentless[...]

Posted on July 4, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan surged past his best ever season’s tally of 84 wins late last month and the man dubbed the ‘Mauritian Magician’ is showing no signs of slowing with a full book of 11 rides this Sunday (5 July) at Sha Tin, including the exciting youngster Armando in the Class 2 Yan Chau Tong Handicap[...]

Exciting Sky Field is on the Hong Kong Classic Mile trail

Purton stars with four at Happy Valley’s season opener

California Rad aims to keep on rising as Million Challenge kicks off

Hong Kong Sprint beckons as Perfect Match takes the Chief Executive’s Cup

Moreira roars into action at season opener

New season, new challenges but Moreira still Purton’s biggest threat

Purton Prepares For Hong Kong Life After Moore

Exultant named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards

Hong Kong racing pulls together to complete extraordinary season

Hong Kong season finale sees cool Yiu claim the championship

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

Purton Wins Fourth Hong Kong Premiership

Fast Most Furious for Purton and Hall, Yiu keeps Cruz at bay

Hong Kong’s clock ticks out for John Moore, the big-race king

Purton delivers for Cruz as Yiu and Lui stall at the Valley

Yiu’s still swinging as title challenge intensifies

Teetan’s red-hot form continues as exciting youngsters take centre stage

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