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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 :
KA YING RISING  (Timeform Rating 132)
SHAMEXPRESS (NZ)  MISSY MOO (NZ)  [By PER INCANTO (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
6 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT PATCH OF STARS $1.5 RST80-60 C3 1400m $365,422 MANFRED MAN 1:21.56
1 of 12 07 Sep 2025 SHAT BULB GENERAL $0.8 RST80-60 C3 1200m $365,422 JAMIE RICHARDS 1:08.38
4 of 10 07 Sep 2025 SHAT FAST NETWORK $1.9 RST105-80 C2 1400m $557,957 C H YIP 1:21.17
1 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT GROOVY FEELING $4.5 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,862 JAMIE RICHARDS 1:09.52
7 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT CHINA WIN $5 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,862 DAVID A HAYES 1:08.67
13 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT SUNSET TRAIL $14 RST60-40 C4 1400m $229,862 DAVID EUSTACE 1:21.40
1 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT SUPER STRONG KID $0.4 RST60-40 C4 1000m $229,862 MANFRED MAN 0:56.09
1 of 12 07 Sep 2025 SHAT KA YING RISING $0 RST80+ C1 1200m $730,845 DAVID A HAYES 1:07.63
1 of 14 07 Sep 2025 SHAT PERFECT PEACH $5.8 RST40-0 C5 1600m $171,906 C W CHANG 1:34.85
6 of 12 16 Jul 2025 HAPV DRAGON FOUR SEAS $4.5 RST80-60 C3 1200m $361,868 MANFRED MAN 1:09.13
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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
MANFRED MAN 4 50.0% 2 75.0% 8 $754,557 0 0 0 0 $1.30
JAMIE RICHARDS 4 57.1% 1 71.4% 7 $603,196 0 0 0 0 $1.87
A S CRUZ 4 80.0% 0 80.0% 5 $882,799 0 0 0 0 $3.84
DAVID HALL 3 50.0% 2 83.3% 6 $497,192 0 0 0 0 $1.78
DAVID A HAYES 2 14.3% 5 50.0% 14 $794,923 0 0 0 0 $0.23
DAVID EUSTACE 2 40.0% 0 40.0% 5 $447,263 0 0 0 0 $1.06
K H TING 2 50.0% 0 50.0% 4 $359,656 0 0 0 0 $0.92
K W LUI 2 66.7% 0 66.7% 3 $359,656 0 0 0 0 $1.97
JOHN SIZE 1 9.1% 3 36.4% 11 $228,153 0 0 0 0 $0.44
W Y SO 1 20.0% 2 60.0% 5 $220,593 0 0 0 0 $0.38
C W CHANG 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $97,986 0 0 0 0 $2.27
MARK NEWNHAM 0 0.0% 2 28.6% 7 $112,774 0 0 0 0 -
F C LOR 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 $79,648 0 0 0 0 -
W K MO 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $115,661 0 0 0 0 -
DANNY SHUM 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $19,965 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANNY SHUM 172 20.1% 193 42.6% 856 $31,129,236 1 0 0 0 $0.92
CASPAR FOWNES 152 16.6% 240 42.9% 913 $28,547,264 0 1 1 0 $0.89
C H YIP 148 19.3% 163 40.7% 765 $22,901,638 0 0 0 0 $1.04
P O'SULLIVAN 128 17.9% 155 39.6% 715 $25,554,225 4 0 0 0 $1.20
JOHN SIZE 125 22.6% 160 51.4% 554 $41,398,386 3 1 5 0 $0.94
DAVID HALL 103 19.2% 141 45.4% 537 $20,584,274 0 0 1 0 $0.88
F C LOR 101 21.9% 125 49.0% 461 $22,142,554 0 0 0 0 $0.82
K W LUI 94 20.6% 98 42.0% 457 $20,323,911 0 1 1 0 $0.95
JOHN MOORE 92 22.5% 96 46.1% 408 $35,097,625 9 4 5 0 $1.01
T P YUNG 88 20.1% 118 47.1% 437 $14,337,310 0 0 0 0 $0.95
MANFRED MAN 86 17.5% 104 38.7% 491 $21,122,295 3 3 2 0 $1.05
A S CRUZ 77 20.8% 109 50.1% 371 $47,124,890 9 4 6 0 $0.71
P F YIU 69 18.4% 95 43.7% 375 $11,791,312 0 0 0 0 $1.40
DAVID A HAYES 65 21.7% 92 52.3% 300 $23,411,802 3 3 1 0 $0.65
W Y SO 60 17.3% 108 48.4% 347 $10,465,060 0 0 0 0 $0.84

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 5 55.6% 0 55.6% 9 $1,018,380 0 0 0 0 $1.83
2024/25 138 22.8% 156 48.7% 604 $43,580,928 3 3 2 0 $0.81
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
Overall 2793 16.7% 4041 24.2% 16681 $485,516,699 47 25 37 28 $0.90