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Zac Purton
Zac Purton
	Purton at the Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong on 24 March 2024
Occupation	Jockey
Born	3 January 1983; Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Major racing wins
	Caulfield Cup; Doncaster Handicap; Hong Kong Cup; Hong Kong Derby; Hong Kong Vase ; King's Stand Stakes; Takamatsunomiya Kinen
Significant horses
	Beauty Generation, Little Bridge, Military Attack

Zac Purton (born 3 January 1983) is an Australian jockey who lives in Hong Kong.

Purton won the Brisbane jockeys' premiership as an apprentice in 2003, then moved to Sydney and was quickly amongst the top jockeys there before he began his Hong Kong career in 2007/08. In the 2013/14 season, Purton ended the 13-year championship reign of Douglas Whyte, becoming the first Australian jockey to win the Hong Kong title since Noel Barker in 1991.^[1] (112 wins). He notched up 112 wins on his way to the title. Purton also raced to what was then the fastest 50 in Hong Kong history that season and became the second rider, after Whyte, to notch 100 wins in a season. Purton lost his title when he came second to João Moreira in 2014/15 with 95 wins, then was runner-up to Moreira again in 2015-16 and 2016-17 before reclaiming the Hong Kong championship in 2017-18 in a close finish.

With 854 career wins as a jockey in Hong Kong, Purton sits third on the list behind Whyte (1,791) and Tony Cruz (946). He represented Hong Kong in the World Super Jockey Series held by the Japan Racing Association in 2012, recording two wins and being crowned as champion. He won the prestigious Hong Kong Derby in 2015, with the John Size-trained Luger, and his Hong Kong Cup win on Time Warp in 2017 made Purton only the third jockey, after Gerald Mosse and Moreira, to have won all four of Hong Kong's December international races.

Major wins

Australia

AJC Sires' Produce Stakes - (2) - Excites (2006), Yankee Rose (2016)
Canterbury Stakes - (1) - Artorius (2023)
Caulfield Cup - (1) - Admire Rakti (2014)
Doncaster Handicap - (3) - Sacred Falls (2014), It's Somewhat (2017), Mr Brightside (2023)
Epsom Handicap - (1) - Theseo (2008)
The J. J. Atkins - (1) - Sacred Elixir (2016)
George Main Stakes - (1) - Sacred Falls (2014)
Randwick Guineas - (1) - Communist (2023)
Norton Stakes - (1) - He's No Pie Eater (2007)
The Galaxy - (1) - In Her Time (2018)
Winx Stakes - (1) - Sir Dex (2005)

United Kingdom

King's Stand Stakes - (1) - Little Bridge (2012)

Hong Kong

Centenary Sprint Cup - (2) - Aerovelocity (2016), Lucky Sweynesse (2023)
Chairman's Sprint Prize - (2) - Ivictory (2018), Lucky Sweynesse (2023)
Champions Mile - (2) - Beauty Generation (2018,2019)
Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup - (2) - Exultant (2019,2020)
Hong Kong Classic Cup - (1) - California Spangle (2022)
Hong Kong Cup - (2) - Time Warp (2017), Normcore (2020)
Hong Kong Derby - (1) - Luger (2015), Massive Sovereign (2024)
Hong Kong Gold Cup - (3) - Military Attack (2013), Time Warp (2018), Exultant (2019)
Hong Kong Mile - (4) - Ambitious Dragon (2012), Beauty Only (2016), Beauty Generation (2018), California Spangle (2022)
Hong Kong Sprint - (2) - Aerovelocity (2014,2016)
Hong Kong Vase - (2) - Dominant (2013), Exultant (2018)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Exultant (2020)
Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup - (4) - Ambitious Dragon (2013), Beauty Generation (2018, 2019, 2020)
Stewards' Cup - (3) - Fellowship (2010), Beauty Generation (2019), Waikuku (2022)

Japan

Takamatsunomiya Kinen - (1) - Aerovelocity (2015)

Singapore

Kranji Mile - (2) - Southern Legend (2018, 2019)
KrisFlyer International Sprint - (1) - Aerovelocity (2015)
Singapore Airlines International Cup - (1) - Military Attack (2013)

Macau

Macau Hong Kong Trophy - (1) - Romantic Touch (2017)
Macau Derby - (1) - Sacred Man (2017)

Performance at the Hong Kong Jockey Club

Seasons	Total Rides	No. of Wins	No. of 2nds	No. of 3rds	No. of 4ths	Stakes won
2007/2008	420	29	23	30	26	HK$22,437,475
2008/2009	489	43	40	37	37	HK$37,035,812
2009/2010	518	48	56	38	50	HK$48,676,250
2010/2011	527	53	40	45	57	HK$41,472,500
2011/2012	482	64	53	58	42	HK$50,993,250
2012/2013	550	88	86	51	52	HK$94,153,400
2013/2014	639	112	86	68	56	HK$101,465,937
2014/2015	481	95	66	41	40	HK$107,683,325
2015/2016	531	80	74	49	51	HK$97,453,000
2016/2017	604	107	92	60	48	HK$140,821,315
2017/2018	635	136	107	64	60	HK$181,824,240
2018/2019	680	168	111	69	62	HK$234,989,515
2019/2020	707	147	101	100	56	HK$202,112,646
2020/2021	713	125	117	75	72	HK$173,768,000
2021/2022	674	136	97	96	66	HK$185,307,365