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 Winner Zac Purton celebrates at Happy Valley in Hong Kong |
At Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Wednesday night, Zac Purton won this year's edition of the Longines International Jockeys' Championship, with his 2 wins and 24 total points in the 4 race competition, taking home the winner's share of the HK$800,000 (US$102,390) purse, giving his first win in the competition before the 29,294 fans in attendance. Jockeys were awarded 12 points for a win, 6 points for second, and 4 for third, and competed in four races, three carded at 1650 meters (just over a mile) and one (the second leg) at 1000 meters (about 5 furlongs) around the tight right-handed 7 furlong triangular turf course on Hong Kong Island. Silvestre de Sousa finished second with 18 points, Pierre-Charles Boudot was third with 16 and defending champion Hugh Bowman was fourth with 12. American representative Flavien Prat was fifth with 6 points.
 It was a close finish in the first leg of the competition. |
 Jockey Hugh Bowman after winning the third leg of the competition. |
 Winning jockey Zac Purton is presented his trophy. |
After nailing down his first International Jockeys' Championship and his HK$500,000 (US$63,993) check, Purton said, "I came into tonight thinking that I had quite ordinary rides, but it turned out well, and I'm pleased to have won, as I've gone close a couple of times. I didn't want it to be another déjà vu. You need a lot of luck, and I got it in two races! There was that one year where I thought I had decent rides and I was in front with one hand on the trophy before I got tipped over on the line. I haven't had good rides in one since, even the other year I ran second, and coming here tonight I didn't think I had the rides to do it either. I knew Let's Take It Easy would give me a good ride but the rest I didn't fancy at all so it's a surprise to get two winners. I feel like the series owed me one since the night Joao pipped me, so I suppose we're all square now."
Left: The opening ceremony firewords for the Jockey Championship. A record HK$1.308 billion (US$167.406 million) was bet on the 9 race card.
Right: Flavian Prat, the only American representative, at the opening ceremonies. He finished 5th overall.
All the participants for the Jockey Championship on stage for the trophy presentation. The jockeys participating were: Keita Tosaki, Joao Moreira, Ryan Moore, Silvestre de Sousa, Pierre-Charles Boudot, Zac Purton, Karis Teetan, Leandro Henrique, Cristian Demuro, Flavien Prat, Derek Leung Ka-chun, and Hugh Bowman.
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