HONG KONG Zac Purton continued a relentless march towards Joao Moreira’s record of 170 wins in a single Hong Kong season with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. With 11 meetings left, the five-time Hong Kong champion jockey has snared 149 wins – only 21 to...
He remains steadfastly focused on Moreira’s benchmark after taking his Hong Kong career tally to 1,580 – a figure bettered only by 13-time champion Douglas Whyte’s 1,813 victories.
“He was in a good barrier and he got out of the gates well enough to take advantage of it and stalked the speed and it all fell for him,” he said.A three-year-old by Capitalist, Seasons Wit was having only his fifth start in Hong Kong, after winning a Morphettville maiden in Adelaide in 2022 as Eros.Richards is confident the gelding can continue to improve.
“He stalked the horse to beat and got over the top of him late. He’s a young horse on the way up and he’s certainly racing very well.
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