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| Zac Purton | |
|---|---|
 Purton at theSha Tin Racecourse,Hong Kong on 24 March 2024 | |
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | (1983-01-03)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 ofDouglas 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 toJoão 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) andTony Cruz (946). He represented Hong Kong in theWorld Super Jockey Series held by theJapan 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, afterGerald Mosse and Moreira, to have won all four of Hong Kong's December international races.
| 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 |
