Purton

Twelfth title and counting for unstoppable Whyte

18 Jul 2012

A sign of a champion is when their dominant performances necessitate a change of rules - and so it was when Douglas Whyte rolled to a remarkable 12th straight title, with only personal milestones...

12:49PM

Purton finishes second to Whyte after a thriller with Prebble

16 Jul 2012

Zac Purton and Brett Prebble finished level for the day's racing, but that gave Purton second place to Douglas Whyte in the jockeys' championship after a tight battle in recent meetings between...

9:26PM

With no Whyte, it's all about Purton

15 Jul 2012

With championship leader Douglas Whyte withdrawing through injury for the second straight week, the Jockey Challenge has been thrown wide open and the added incentive of finishing second in the...

9:18PM

Purton more interested in Little Bridge than himself

14 Jul 2012

The injury-enforced withdrawal of runaway Jockeys' Championship leader Douglas Whyte from tomorrow's season finale at Sha Tin has thrown the focus onto the battle for second and intensified the...

9:15PM

Reformed Ng holds the key to TT riches

10 Jul 2012

After a confidence-boosting win on Sunday, apprentice Alvin Ng Ka-chun heads to Happy Valley tomorrow night holding the key to the season's final midweek Triple Trio.

7:41PM

Zac counts his blessings after tragedy mars his day

9 Jul 2012

A double yesterday and Zac Purton levelled up again with Brett Prebble in the race for the quinella spot on the jockeys' table, but he was also breathing a sigh of relief for not getting his way...

7:38PM

Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

Updated 5:12AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

Updated 4:18AM

Water under bridge as Zac makes royal return

Almost a year to the day separated Zac Purton's highs and lows as a jockey in Hong Kong - his King's Stand Stakes win on Little Bridge at Royal Ascot and a record-equalling HK$300,000 fine.

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7:34PM

Arrived Ahead ready to make mark

Peter Ho Leung bookended the second-last Happy Valley meeting of the season last night but it was the final winner, Arrived Ahead, who really put a smile on the trainer's face after presenting his...

7:18PM

Australian flag flies high over Sha Tin

Hong Kong Reunification Raceday, celebrating the 15th anniversary of the handover, quickly turned into Australia Day at Sha Tin as jockeys from Down Under dominated by snaring eight wins on the 11...

7:04PM

Flashy Fiery Whisperer and General Danroad help Lui to a double

Flashy colt Fiery Whisperer made tremendous race-to-race improvement, showing no signs of worrying internal issues, as the griffin formed the first half of a Francis Lui Kin-wai double with a...

7:04PM

Wah May Star has class on his side

Wah May Star has been a well-anticipated find this season, with connections doubtless hoping he will be in line for even bigger prizes next term, and the rising star can claim the Hong Kong...

7:03PM

Purton savours 'a fantastic week'

Australian jockey Zac Purton kept on riding the wave of his biggest week in the sport with a treble at Sha Tin yesterday that took him to his highest season's win tally, which sat nicely next to...

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