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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 (Nsw)  |  Open Handicap
First Win  06 May 2000
Magic Zap (Aus)
Armidale (Nsw)  |  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 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT WUNDERBAR $1.5 RST100-80 C2 1200m $562,376 JOHN SIZE 1:08.61
4 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT LUCY IN THE SKY $3.5 RST80-60 C3 1400m $368,317 Y S TSUI 1:21.48
4 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT ROMANTIC SON $7.7 RST80-60 C3 1200m $368,317 DAVID A HAYES 1:09.29
10 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT RIDING TOGETHER $5.2 RST80-60 C3 1200m $368,317 DAVID EUSTACE 1:08.77
3 of 13 22 Dec 2024 SHAT SERANGOON $11 RST60-40 C4 2000m $231,683 A S CRUZ 2:03.45
2 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT SUNNY DA BEST $2.6 RST60-40 C4 1200m $231,683 W Y SO 1:09.36
5 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT SUNDAY'S SERENADE $7 RST60-40 C4 1400m $231,683 JAMIE RICHARDS 1:21.80
2 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT CITY THUNDER $1.7 RST60-40 C4 1200m $231,683 W Y SO 1:09.04
11 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT LUCKY STATEMENT $5.7 RSTRESTRICTED 1400m $231,683 MANFRED MAN 1:22.22
11 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT SPECIAL HEDGE $2.1 RST40-0 C5 1600m $173,267 T P YUNG 1:35.41
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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
DAVID A HAYES 4 28.6% 3 50.0% 14 $3,972,208 1 1 0 0 $0.69
F C LOR 4 44.4% 2 66.7% 9 $751,899 0 0 0 0 $1.42
JOHN SIZE 2 16.7% 4 50.0% 12 $1,021,613 0 0 0 0 $1.31
DANNY SHUM 2 33.3% 0 33.3% 6 $360,529 0 0 0 0 $1.13
MANFRED MAN 1 20.0% 0 20.0% 5 $130,765 0 0 0 0 $3.20
JAMIE RICHARDS 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $179,157 0 0 0 0 $0.56
W Y SO 1 25.0% 2 75.0% 4 $232,705 0 0 0 0 $4.00
C H YIP 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $268,007 0 0 0 0 $0.60
K W LUI 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $132,059 0 0 0 0 $2.80
D WHYTE 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $97,794 0 0 0 0 $1.50
DAVID HALL 0 0.0% 4 30.8% 13 $181,721 0 0 0 0 -
PIERRE NG 0 0.0% 5 50.0% 10 $282,432 0 0 0 0 -
A S CRUZ 0 0.0% 3 60.0% 5 $123,343 0 0 0 0 -
P F YIU 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $13,765 0 0 0 0 -
W K MO 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANNY SHUM 171 20.3% 192 43.0% 844 $30,750,504 1 0 0 0 $0.93
CASPAR FOWNES 152 16.6% 240 42.9% 913 $28,547,264 0 1 1 0 $0.89
C H YIP 144 19.2% 161 40.7% 749 $22,038,823 0 0 0 0 $1.05
P O'SULLIVAN 128 17.9% 155 39.6% 715 $25,554,225 4 0 0 0 $1.20
JOHN SIZE 114 22.2% 149 51.3% 513 $38,094,665 3 1 3 0 $0.95
DAVID HALL 97 18.5% 137 44.7% 523 $19,563,717 0 0 1 0 $0.86
F C LOR 94 21.6% 118 48.7% 435 $20,067,899 0 0 0 0 $0.80
JOHN MOORE 92 22.5% 96 46.1% 408 $35,097,625 9 4 5 0 $1.01
K W LUI 88 20.0% 93 41.1% 440 $18,452,313 0 1 1 0 $0.95
T P YUNG 86 20.3% 114 47.2% 424 $13,611,199 0 0 0 0 $0.93
MANFRED MAN 78 16.5% 100 37.6% 473 $19,653,433 3 3 2 0 $1.04
A S CRUZ 72 20.2% 107 50.1% 357 $46,020,254 9 4 6 0 $0.67
P F YIU 67 18.2% 93 43.5% 368 $11,166,567 0 0 0 0 $1.42
W Y SO 54 17.0% 101 48.9% 317 $9,186,879 0 0 0 0 $0.86
DAVID A HAYES 54 21.4% 78 52.4% 252 $16,138,745 1 2 1 0 $0.69

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 51 20.8% 65 47.3% 245 $16,491,759 1 2 0 0 $0.84
2023/24 131 18.7% 207 48.2% 701 $48,200,171 2 2 2 0 $0.72
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
Overall 2701 16.6% 3950 24.2% 16313 $457,409,150 45 24 35 28 $0.90