Zac Purton is quickly becoming another Hong Kong superstar. After his final day treble at Sha Tin, the Racing Post in HK says: 'He's made great leaps this season and left no one in any doubt about it as he claimed a treble and third place to Douglas Whyte and Brett Prebble on the jockeys' standings...While the first two placegetters have been cemented in recent times, for Purton the third placing was a sharp advance on finishing 11th last year with 29 victories and HK$22.4 million in stakes - th
Zac Purton is quickly becoming another Hong Kong superstar. After his final day treble at Sha Tin, the Racing Post in HK says: 'He's made great leaps this season and left no one in any doubt about it as he claimed a treble and third place to Douglas Whyte and Brett Prebble on the jockeys' standings...While the first two placegetters have been cemented in recent times, for Purton the third placing was a sharp advance on finishing 11th last year with 29 victories and HK$22.4 million in stakes - this time he landed 43 wins and HK$37 million in prize money and has laid down a great foundation for his third season. ..The strongest part of his season was the final month, with 10 winners since May 31, and Purton even found favour in some new corners of the scene, yesterday landing his first victory for Gary Ng Ting-keung with Bayview Greyslew, before the Caspar Fownes-trained Telecom Gogo and Michael Chang Chun-wai-trained Amigo made it three.