Lisa Allpress

Lisa Allpress
ONZM
Allpress in 2021
Full nameLisa Joy Allpress
OccupationJockey
Born (1975-05-20) May 20, 1975 (age 49)
Career wins1922 (as of May 2024)
Racing awards
New Zealand jockey premiership (2012, 2016, 2019 and 2020)

Lisa Joy Allpress ONZM (née Mumby; born May 20, 1975) is a New Zealand jockey. She was the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins. She is also the first female jockey to win a race in the country of Saudi Arabia.

Allpress was born May 20, 1975, in Stratford, New Zealand.[1][2] She initially aspired to become a veterinarian, but after visiting Japan on a working holiday, where she spectated the 1994 Japan Cup, she started to aspire to become a jockey instead.[3] She was apprenticed to trainer Kevin Gray at Waverley.[4] She debuted in 1996 and scored her first victory in March of that year.[2][3]

Her first Group Win was on We Can Say It Now in the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham on 4 December 2010.[5] As of March 2022, Allpress has also ridden successfully in Singapore (57), Japan (12 wins) and Malaysia (12).[6][7] Her win in Saudi Arabia was the first by a female jockey.[4][8]

She won her first New Zealand jockey premiership in 2012, achieving the same result again in 2016, 2019 and 2020.[4] In 2013, she became the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.[9] As of August 2024, she has ridden 1948 winners.[10]

In the 2021 New Year Honours, Allpress was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the racing industry.[11]

In August 2024, she suffered a fall after her horse had broke down after crossing the line of a maiden race at Riccarton Park Racecourse. She had broken her vertebra and was transported to Christchurch Hospital, where she underwent surgery to place rods and screws. As a result of the injuries, she was rendered unable to participate in the year's World All Star Jockeys [ja] of which she was invited to, which was due to happen later that month at Sapporo Racecourse in Japan.[10][12]

In December 2024 she returned to race day riding and passed 1950 New Zealand wins. However, in January 2025 she was injured again with her leg broken in three places after her horse reared up prior to a race.[13]

Personal

Allpress married racehorse trainer Karl Allpress in 2002, and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.[4][14]

References

  1. ^ "NZ champion Lisa Allpress back with a winner after hip replacement". Horse Racing Planet. 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2024ワールドオールスタージョッキーズ出場外国騎手プロフィール" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "【世界の騎手紹介 Vol.36】リサ・オールプレス". JRA-VAN Ver.World - 海外競馬 (in Japanese). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Knowler, Richard (23 December 2021). "Veteran jockey Lisa Allpress, queen of the New Zealand racing scene". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "We Can Say It Now – Thoroughbred Horse Profile". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Lisa Allpress". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Ｌ．オールプレスのプロフィール | 騎手データ". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2024. 通算勝利数　中央11勝 地方1勝 [Total wins: JRA 11; NAR 1]
  8. ^ Harding, Jonathan (28 February 2020). "Lisa Allpress makes history as first female jockey to win in Saudi Arabia". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Lisa Allpress thought she was in trouble when New Year Honour arrived". Radio New Zealand. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b "今夏のWASJ参戦は絶望的…リサ・オールプレス騎手が７日にニュージーランドで落馬負傷". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  11. ^ "New Year Honours: The full list of 2021". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  12. ^ Smith, Joshua (6 August 2024). "Star jockey Lisa Allpress in hospital after fracturing vertebra in fall at Riccarton". Stuff. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Mick on Monday: Lisa Allpress faces career setback after freak accident". NZ Herald. 17 January 2025.
  14. ^ Ryan, Dennis (10 October 2002). "Wedding bells ring for Karl and Lisa". ThoroughbredNews. Retrieved 7 January 2022.