Birthday: Jun 05, 1994
Type: Apprentices
Nationality: Hong Kong
Background:
Age: 29. Alfred Chan commenced overseas training in New Zealand in April 2015 under the guidance of Christchurch based trainer Mike McCann and later with Allan Sharrock in New Plymouth. He was able to ride 49 winners from 469 race rides in New Zealand. He relocated to South Australia in December 2017, initially with Morphettville-based trainer Lloyd Kennewell and then under the guidance of Jon O'Connor, and rode a further 51 wins from 603 race rides. He had 100 race wins whilst riding overseas at a winning strike rate of just under 10%. He was indentured to trainer Frankie Lor upon arriving in Hong Kong. His first local winner came at Sha Tin on 7 April, 2019 aboard Care Free Prince and he made it a first double with California Fortune. Chan ended his first term with 9 wins. He returned in 2019/20 with 22 wins and landed his first treble on 7 June, 2020 at Sha Tin. Chan transferred in January, 2021 to be indentured to trainer Caspar Fownes and he completed that season with seven wins before adding a further 15 and 6 in 2021/22 and 2022/23 respectively.
Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2023/24 season): 59 (win strike rate 5.8%).
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 | |
24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Distance | Win | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total Ride | Win% | ||
Happy Valley | 1000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14.29 | |
1200 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 8.33 | ||
1650 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22.22 | ||
1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Shatin | All weather | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Turf | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
1400 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||
1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Draw Year | <4 | 4-10 | 10-20 | 20+ | ||||||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
Draw Year | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-14 | |||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total |
C. Fownes | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 29 |
A. S. Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
C. S. Shum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
D. A. Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
C. H. Yip | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
C. W. Chang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
J. Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
K. L. Man | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
P. C. Ng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
T. P. Yung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
W. K. Mo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
W. Y. So | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |