Type: Club Jockey

Nationality: South African

Background:
Age: 20. Luke Ferraris hails from a racing background, his father is former Hong Kong-based multiple South African champion trainer David Ferraris, while his grandfather Ormond was also a two-time champion trainer in South Africa. Luke Ferraris grew up in Hong Kong after his father relocated to Sha Tin for the start of the 2003/04 season, spending the majority of his childhood at the famous circuit shadowing his father at trackwork, also while undertaking horse riding lessons as a youth. Ferraris transferred back to South Africa as a 15 year old in 2017 to join the well-regarded South African Jockey Academy and he collected his first winner on 24 April, 2018 as part of a double at Vaal in partnership with his grandfather, Ormond. During his apprenticeship, he was twice crowned South Africa's champion apprentice and he snared a first G1 triumph in the 2019 Allan Robertson Championship aboard Miss Florida at Scottsville. Ferraris is best known for his association with champion colt Malmoos, who in 2021, became the fourth winner of the South African Triple Crown following his victories in the Gauteng Guineas, South African Classic and South African Derby. Ferraris has ridden in excess of 300 winners and is a natural lightweight in the saddle. He rode 20 wins in his debut season in Hong Kong.

Achievements:
South African Champion Apprentice (2018/19 & 2019/20).

Notable Race Wins Include
Cape Town Met (2021 Rainbow Bridge), South African Derby (2021 Malmoos), South African Classic (2021 Malmoos), Gold Medallion (2021 Ambiorix), Gold Challenge (2021 Rainbow Bridge), Allan Robertson Championship (2019 Miss Florida), G2 Gauteng Guineas (2021 Malmoos), G2 Concorde Cup (2020 Malmoos), G2 Hawaii Stakes (2020 Cirillo), G3 Graham Beck Stakes (2020 Malmoos).

Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2022/23 season): 20 (win strike rate: 5%).