Stats / Jockeys / C. L. Chau
C. L. Chau
Type: Apprentices
Background:
Age: 20. Jerry Chau joined the Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice Jockeys' School in September 2015. He left Hong Kong in January 2019 on an overseas placement, to hone his skills with Thoroughbred Racing South Australia where he was indentured to leading training partnership Leon McDonald & Andrew Gluyas in Adelaide. His race-riding career began on 20 March, 2019 and his first win came on 8 May, 2019 aboard Serious Spender at Balaklava for McDonald & Gluyas. He secured his first city-class win on 19 October of that year at Morphettville racecourse aboard Wasabi Bob, again for McDonald & Gluyas. Chau returned from Australia with 77 wins and kicked off his Hong Kong career with a double on his first day of riding, scoring aboard Relentless Me before adding a second aboard Buddies on 9 May, 2020 at Sha Tin Racecourse. He is indentured to trainer Douglas Whyte, the second season handler is best known as Hong Kong's iconic 13-time champion jockey.
Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2020/21 season) 7 (win strike rate 7.45%).
General Performances
No of wins for season: 7
No of runs for season: 55
Win %: 12.73
No of wins for all weather: 2
No of 2nds for all weather: 0
No of 3rds for all weather: 1
All weather: 5
Total stakes: $9,188,750
Win stakes: $5,215,500
No of 2nds: 9
No of 3rds: 8
Percentage for season: 43.64
Profit/Loss: ($23)
Most Effective Distances
| Year | Happy Valley | Shatin | 1000m-1200m | 1400m-1650m | 1800m-2000m | 2000m+ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Performance
| Distance | Win | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total Ride | Win% | ||
| Happy Valley | 1000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |
| 1200 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 18.18 | ||
| 1650 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shatin | All weather | 1200 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 21.43 |
| 1650 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turf | 1000 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 6.25 | |
| 1200 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 7.14 | ||
| 1400 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 9.38 | ||
| 1600 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Odds of Runners
| Draw Year | <4 | 4-10 | 10-20 | 20+ | ||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Draw Statistic
| Draw Year | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-14 | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Trainer Partnerships
| Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total |
| A. S. Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Hall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Ferraris | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| K. H. Ting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| R. Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Fownes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. H. Yip | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. S. Shum | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| C. W. Chang | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. A. Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Whyte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| K. L. Man | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| K. W. Lui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| L. Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| P. F. Yiu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| P. O'Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T. P. Yung | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| W. Y. So | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
