Jockey Profile

Jockeys/Zac Purton

Zac Purton

Jockey Statistics

Career Overview

Zac Purton is a jockey with 6921 career rides 1431 winners. He rides at a 20.7% strike rate. He has placed 3267 times. He has earned £231.3M in prize money. His strongest track is Sha Tin (3w from 9r).

Career Statistics

Win Rate

20.7%

Total Wins

1,431

Total Runs

6,921

Places

3,267

Place %

47.2%

Recent Form

Season Performance

Total Wins · Avg Finishing Position

8 seasons
201920202021202220232024202520260408012016036.75
  • Total Wins
  • Avg Position

Recent Results

DateTrackRaceHorsePosRunnersDistanceGoing
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Rhapsody On The Luo River Goddess Collection HandicapAlmighty Warrior (IRE)3106ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Wedding Collection HandicapOnly U (NZ)8147ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Love Is Beauty Collection HandicapCava Pioneer (AUS)5148ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Miss Hong Kong Love Yourself Collection HandicapSeraph Gabriel (IRE)31010ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Diabling Shimmering Gold Collection HandicapSpeedy Power (AUS)1146ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Night Banquet In Tang Palace Collection HandicapLightness Of Music (AUS)4145ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Heirloom Fortune Collection HandicapRoad To Glory (AUS)11147ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Joaillerie HandicapBravefield (BRZ)5138ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Longmen Vajra Collection HandicapAurio (AUS)8146ffGood
2026-10-25Sha Tin (HK)Lukfook Jewellery Beloved Collection HandicapCircuit Champion (GB)3147ffGood
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)Racing Spirit HandicapAce (NZ)1108ff
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)Success HandicapGolden Friendship (AUS)4126ff
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)Racing Spirit HandicapTurin Champions (AUS)1108ff
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)The Longines Cup (Handicap)Bottomuptogether (AUS)1105ffGood
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)Swifty HandicapKol (AUS)7126ffGood
2026-10-21Happy Valley (HK)Flying HandicapRoyal Blitz (AUS)10126ffGood
2026-10-19Sha Tin (HK)Shek Mun HandicapStar Brose (GB)5139ffGood
2026-10-19Sha Tin (HK)Sun Chui HandicapInvictus (NZ)6147ffGood
2026-10-19Sha Tin (HK)Chun Shek HandicapAmazing Gaze (NZ)3149ffGood
2026-10-19Sha Tin (HK)Sun Chui HandicapNot Usual Double (NZ)5147ffGood

Strike Rate by Course & Distance

Win % by course (rows) and distance band (columns). Min 1 run to show a cell.

Course5f6f7f1m1m2f1m4f+
Sha Tin (HK)25%23%21%20%18%11%
Happy Valley (HK)22%22%—18%16%17%
Randwick (AUS)0%23%0%20%0%0%
Sha Tin—0%50%50%——
Moonee Valley (AUS)0%0%—0%0%—
Doomben (AUS)—0%——0%—
Flemington (AUS)100%—0%——0%
Caulfield (AUS)—0%0%——0%

Going Performance

Based on 5000 recent results stored in our database for this jockey.

Good
653W / 3005R22%
Good To Firm
268W / 1278R21%
Standard
68W / 393R17%
Good To Yielding
37W / 137R27%
Yielding
6W / 67R9%
Slow
10W / 49R20%
Soft
3W / 37R8%
Good To Soft
2W / 10R20%
Heavy
1W / 8R13%
Fast
0W / 7R0%
Yielding To Soft
0W / 4R0%
Muddy
0W / 2R0%

Distance Performance

Based on 5000 recent results stored in our database for this jockey.

Sprint
731W / 3249R22%
Mile
317W / 1731R18%
Middle
2W / 20R10%

Course Specialists

Where this jockey rides most successfully (minimum 3 rides at a track).

#1Sha Tin
3W / 9R33%
#2Flemington (AUS)
1W / 4R25%
#3Sha Tin (HK)
653W / 3021R22%
#4Happy Valley (HK)
388W / 1917R20%
#5Randwick (AUS)
5W / 35R14%
#6Doomben (AUS)
0W / 4R0%
#7Caulfield (AUS)
0W / 4R0%
#8Moonee Valley (AUS)
0W / 5R0%

Class Performance

Win rates by race class (1–7).

C1C2C3C4C507142128

Seasonality

Monthly win rate across stored results.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec07142128

Trainer Partnerships

Most successful trainers this jockey rides for (minimum 3 rides).

#1C S Shum
98W / 443R22%
#2J Size
94W / 434R22%
#3David A Hayes
85W / 378R22%
#4D J Hall
79W / 360R22%
#5F C Lor
78W / 420R19%
#6K W Lui
77W / 277R28%
#7A S Cruz
53W / 255R21%
#8C H Yip
49W / 231R21%
#9Jamie Richards
49W / 232R21%
#10K L Man
48W / 223R22%

Owner Partnerships

Top owners whose horses this jockey rides (minimum 2 runners).

#1Ka Ying Syndicate
22W / 30R73%
#2Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen
13W / 43R30%
#3Cheng Ming Leung Cheng Yu Tung Et Al
11W / 17R65%
#4Exciting Racing Syndicate
9W / 19R47%
#5Howard Liang Yum Shing
9W / 22R41%
#6Raymond Lee Man Chun
8W / 13R62%
#7So Kai Sing
8W / 28R29%
#8Copartner Spirit Syndicate
7W / 10R70%
#9Eleanor Kwok Law Kwai Chun Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen
7W / 17R41%
#10Michael N Smith
7W / 20R35%

Surface Split

Turf vs All-Weather strike rates.

Turf

Runs

4549

Wins

972

Win Rate

21%

AW

Runs

442

Wins

78

Win Rate

18%

Dirt

Runs

9

Wins

0

Win Rate

0%

Flat vs Jumps

Separate stats for each racing code.

Flat

Runs

5000

Wins

1050

Win %

21%

Place %

48%

Biggest Wins

Most valuable victories from stored results.

#1

The TAB Everest (2yo+) (Turf)

Ka Ying Rising (NZ) · Randwick (AUS) · 18 Oct 2025

£3.5M
#2

Longines Hong Kong Mile (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Voyage Bubble (AUS) · Sha Tin (HK) · 14 Dec 2025

£2.1M
#3

Longines Hong Kong Mile (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

California Spangle (IRE) · Sha Tin (HK) · 11 Dec 2022

£1.6M
#4

Longines Hong Kong Sprint (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Ka Ying Rising (NZ) · Sha Tin (HK) · 14 Dec 2025

£1.6M
#5

Longines Hong Kong Sprint (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) · Sha Tin (HK) · 10 Dec 2023

£1.6M
#6

Longines Hong Kong Cup (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Normcore (JPN) · Sha Tin (HK) · 13 Dec 2020

£1.5M
#7

Longines Hong Kong Sprint (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Ka Ying Rising (NZ) · Sha Tin (HK) · 8 Dec 2024

£1.5M
#8

BMW Hong Kong Derby 2024 (Conditions) (4yo) (Course A) (Turf)

Massive Sovereign (IRE) · Sha Tin (HK) · 24 Mar 2024

£1.5M
#9

FWD QEII Cup (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf)

Exultant (IRE) · Sha Tin (HK) · 26 Apr 2020

£1.4M
#10

The Star Doncaster Mile Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)

Mr Brightside (NZ) · Randwick (AUS) · 1 Apr 2023

£1.4M

Market Performance

Starting prices of winners — average, extremes, and distribution.

Avg Winner SP

4.0/1

Shortest Winner

0.0/1

Biggest Winner

50/1

Winner SP Distribution

Evens–2/1
479
2/1–4/1
329
4/1–8/1
186
8/1–16/1
48
16/1+
5

Draw Performance

Win rates by relative draw position (low / mid / high third of the field).

Low
358W / 1337R27%
Mid
381W / 1914R20%
High
311W / 1749R18%