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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
12 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV ROMANTIC SON $6.7 RST80-60 C3 1200m $364,706 DAVID A HAYES 1:10.17
3 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV RAGING BLIZZARD $1.2 RST100-80 C2 1200m $556,863 JOHN SIZE 1:09.43
2 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV SUPER UNICORN $1.8 RST80-60 C3 1650m $401,961 F C LOR 1:39.62
10 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV MOTOMAN $4.9 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,412 PIERRE NG 1:09.87
4 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV TRIUMPHANT MORE $3.4 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,412 F C LOR 1:09.81
6 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV STRONGEST BOY $7.3 RST60-40 C4 1650m $229,412 DAVID A HAYES 1:40.41
7 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV RUBY SAILING $3 RST40-0 C5 1200m $171,569 MANFRED MAN 1:10.27
2 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV NINJA DERBY $3.6 RST60-40 C4 1650m $229,412 A S CRUZ 1:39.67
12 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV FALCON COURT $10 RST40-0 C5 1650m $171,569 DAVID A HAYES 1:40.50
9 of 14 17 Nov 2024 SHAT PACKING POWER $0.8 RST80-60 C3 1200m $364,706 DANNY SHUM 1:08.81
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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
F C LOR 5 50.0% 2 70.0% 10 $1,002,748 0 0 0 0 $1.75
DAVID A HAYES 3 27.3% 3 54.5% 11 $1,441,300 0 2 0 0 $0.51
DAVID HALL 2 28.6% 3 71.4% 7 $376,026 0 0 0 0 $0.93
DANNY SHUM 2 33.3% 1 50.0% 6 $527,315 0 0 0 0 $0.78
K W LUI 2 40.0% 2 80.0% 5 $601,232 0 0 0 0 $1.28
PIERRE NG 1 7.7% 4 38.5% 13 $422,541 0 0 0 0 $0.56
JAMIE RICHARDS 1 10.0% 4 50.0% 10 $303,306 0 0 0 0 $0.28
W Y SO 1 16.7% 1 33.3% 6 $159,227 0 0 0 0 $2.67
A S CRUZ 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $163,472 0 0 0 0 $1.47
C H YIP 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $221,647 0 0 0 0 $0.60
JOHN SIZE 0 0.0% 3 42.9% 7 $269,640 0 0 0 0 -
D WHYTE 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $35,303 0 0 0 0 -
MANFRED MAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $7,612 0 0 0 0 -
W K MO 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $88,431 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $515,000 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANNY SHUM 170 20.2% 192 43.0% 842 $30,520,740 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 144 19.3% 160 40.7% 747 $21,978,698 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 112 22.1% 148 51.4% 506 $37,310,072 3 1 3 0 $0.94
DAVID HALL 97 18.9% 135 45.2% 513 $19,428,108 0 0 1 0 $0.88
F C LOR 92 21.4% 117 48.6% 430 $19,756,843 0 0 0 0 $0.79
JOHN MOORE 92 22.5% 96 46.1% 408 $35,097,625 9 4 5 0 $1.01
K W LUI 87 19.9% 93 41.2% 437 $18,320,254 0 1 1 0 $0.94
T P YUNG 86 20.3% 114 47.3% 423 $13,611,199 0 0 0 0 $0.93
MANFRED MAN 77 16.4% 100 37.7% 469 $19,522,668 3 3 2 0 $1.01
A S CRUZ 72 20.4% 105 50.1% 353 $45,947,382 9 4 6 0 $0.67
P F YIU 67 18.3% 93 43.7% 366 $11,152,802 0 0 0 0 $1.42
W Y SO 54 17.1% 99 48.6% 315 $9,084,939 0 0 0 0 $0.86
DAVID A HAYES 51 20.9% 76 52.0% 244 $12,815,988 0 2 1 0 $0.67

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 40 22.2% 51 50.6% 180 $10,840,442 0 2 0 0 $0.79
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 2690 16.6% 3936 24.2% 16248 $451,757,833 44 24 35 28 $0.90