Purton

He’ll ride as light as he has in almost four years in Tuesday’s Group One Melbourne Cup (3,200m), but Zac Purton is more looking forward to a good feed than focusing on any flow-on benefits…

Zac Purton ended his run of outs with a Happy Valley four-timer on Sunday, delivering Jamie Richards the best win of his Hong Kong career in the process. Winless from…

He might be returning home for Saturday’s mega-rich The Everest (1,200m) at Randwick in Sydney, but six-time Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton has been lumped with the visitor’s draw…

The Melbourne Cup was on display at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, and for a moment during the Class Five Swallow Handicap (1,650m), it seemed as though the first Tuesday in November might…

There are no shortcuts to success. It comes to those who have put in hours of hard work and who learn from their setbacks. And if anyone exemplifies that, it is Australian jockey Zac…

Golden Sixty is chasing a record third straight Horse of the Year title, but Zac Purton believes Lucky Sweynesse has “clearly” been Hong Kong’s best galloper during the 2022-23 season.…

John Size clinched his record-breaking 12th Hong Kong trainers’ championship, rider Zac Purton and handler Francis Lui Kin-wai secured the respective King of the Valley crowns and young…

He still requires two winners to avoid a third strike, and Peter Ho Leung saw his midweek hand grow from four to five after an unusual number of withdrawals for Wednesday night’s Happy…

Zac Purton broke Joao Moreira’s record for wins in a season when the six-time champion jockey rode his 171st winner this term at Sha Tin on Sunday. Fittingly, Magic…

He sailed past his previous personal best while ringing up 1,600 Hong Kong wins at Happy Valley on Thursday night, but Zac Purton admits he is not yet at the point at which he can enjoy his…