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Champions Mile and Chairman��s Sprint Prize �V Jockey Profiles

28/04/2016

Angland, Tye
Age: 26. Tye Angland's career as a jockey began in 2005 following a successful junior career in rodeo. In just his second season he was Champion Apprentice Jockey in Sydney and New South Wales with 127 wins, a total which put him in third place overall behind Darren Beadman and Zac Purton. He was licensed as a senior jockey during the 2008/2009 season and Group 1 success followed with Black Piranha in the 2009 Stradbroke Handicap. Angland also rode Alverta into 3rd place in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket, England. He arrived in Hong Kong for the 2010/11 season but an injury sustained in a fall limited him to 18 wins for that debut campaign. He reached a peak position of fourth in the Hong Kong premiership at the end of the 2013/14 season and returned to Sydney that summer. His biggest Hong Kong win came on Endowing in the G2 Jockey Club Cup in November 2013. Other notable race wins include: Coolmore Classic (2010 Alverta), Metropolitan Handicap (2014 Opinion), Australian Oaks (2015 Gust Of Wind), J. J. Atkins (2015 Press Statement). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 139 (win strike rate: 9.08%)

Berry, Tommy
Age: 25. Tommy Berry grew up around horses at the Warwick Farm stable of his father Kevin Berry, a former jockey. He and his late twin brother, Nathan Berry, both followed their father into the saddle. Berry began his career in 2007 and was a champion apprentice in the 2009/10 season. He became stable jockey to Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse in April 2011, alongside Nash Rawiller, and then turned freelance in early 2015. He took up his first short-term contract with the Hong Kong Jockey Club from 28 April, 2013 until that season's end and registered an impressive 22 wins. Berry became the first HKJC licensed rider to win a G1 on the first day of his contract when successful aboard Military Attack in the 2013 AP QEII Cup. In 2014 he became the third rider to notch back-to-back AP QEII Cup wins as he partnered Designs On Rome to victory. His first G1 win came on Epaulette in the 2012 Golden Rose Stakes. He has five G1 wins so far this term, including the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup on Designs On Rome and the Manikato Stakes and T J Smith Stakes atop Chautauqua. Other notable wins include: Hong Kong Derby (2014 Designs On Rome), Hong Kong Classic Cup (2014 Designs On Rome), Golden Slipper (2013 Overreach, 2015 Vancouver) and Singapore Airlines International Cup (2014 & 2015 Dan Excel). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April, 2016): 51 (win strike rate: 11.70%)

Browne, Damian
Age 43. Originally from New Zealand, Browne had his first race ride atop Palance in 1995 and notched a first G1 win the following year on Cheviot in the South Australian Derby. He has partnered Queensland’s crack sprinter Buffering in the majority of his starts, including to seven G1 wins in the Manikato Stakes (2013),  VRC Sprint Classic (2013), Winterbottom Stakes (2013 & 2015), Moir Stakes (2014 & 2015) and this year’s Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan, Dubai. He broke both legs in a fall in 2006 and spent a prolonged period on the sidelines. Since returning to action he has established himself as one of Australia’s top riders, with an impressive strike-rate, and has enjoyed a profitable association with trainer Peter Snowden, as well as Buffering’s handler, Robert Heathcote. Other major wins include the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes (2014 Earthquake & 2015 Pride Of Dubai), G1 Queensland Oaks (2012 Quintessential), the Oakleigh Plate (2012 Woorim) and the BTC Cup (2010 Albert The Fat).

Callan, Neil
Age: 37. Irishman Neil Callan was UK Champion Apprentice in 1999 and finished runner-up in the UK jockeys’ championship in 2005 (151 wins) and 2007 (170 wins). His first short contract in Hong Kong came in the 2010/11 season. His first full Hong Kong season, 2014/2015, yielded a very solid 47 wins and fifth place in the jockeys’ premiership. His notable race wins include: AP QEII Cup (2015 Blazing Speed), Champions & Chater Cup (2014 Blazing Speed), Hong Kong Classic Mile (2015 Beauty Only), Middle Park Stakes (2005 Amadeus Wolf, 2013 Astaire), Racing Post Trophy (2005 Palace Episode), Nunthorpe Stakes (2009 Borderlescott), Fillies' Mile (2009 Hibaayeb). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 133 (win strike rate: 7.46%)

Chadwick, Matthew
Age: 25. A graduate of Hong Kong's Apprentice Jockeys' School, Chadwick went to Australia for his apprentice training and rode a four-timer at Lismore Racecourse at age 17. He was indentured to the Tony Cruz stable upon his return to Hong Kong and was champion apprentice in 2008/09. He earned a full jockey's licence in January 2010. His first Group race winner was Egyptian Ra in the HKG3 National Day Cup (2009). He is most famous for his partnership with California Memory and became the first homegrown rider to win an HKIR contest when clinching the G1 Hong Kong Cup on the grey in December, 2011, a victory repeated in 2012. He also won the Shergar Cup Silver Saddle at Ascot in 2012. Chadwick notched his 250th win in Hong Kong with Majestic Anthem on 26 December 2013 and rode his first Hong Kong four-timer at Sha Tin on 22 June, 2014. Other notable race wins include: Hong Kong Gold Cup (2011 California Memory), Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2013 California Memory). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 294 (win strike rate 9.10%)

Ho, Vincent
Age: 25. HKJC Apprentice Jockey School graduate Vincent Ho racked up 44 wins as a young rider in New Zealand under the tutelage of leading trainer Lance O'Sullivan. He made an impressive start to his Hong Kong career with 10 wins in his first season in 2009/10, including a trio of wins he achieved on only his fourth race day in Hong Kong. He sealed the 2010/11 Champion Apprentice title with 39 wins. Ho reached the graduation benchmark on 1 October, 2012, by claiming his 70th win in Hong Kong on board Castle Hero. He notched 33 wins in 2014/15 to be the season's leading homegrown rider. His notable race wins include: National Day Cup (2014 Bundle Of Joy). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 163 (win strike rate 6.50%)

Leung, Derek
Age: 27. A product of Hong Kong's Apprentice Jockeys' School, Derek Leung cut his teeth as a young rider in New Zealand under the tutelage of trainer Lance O'Sullivan. He was assigned as apprentice jockey to Paul O'Sullivan's stable upon his return to Hong Kong. Leung was involved in a four-way battle for the 2009/10 Hong Kong apprentice jockeys' championship but came up five wins short of eventual champion Keith Yeung. He reached the graduation benchmark after claiming his 70th win on board Star Of Fame on 1 June, 2011. That came a year after his triumph in the Asian Young Guns Challenge (2010). His first Group race win came aboard Inspiration in the 2009 HKG3 Premier Bowl and his second was achieved this term, atop Flame Hero in the HKG3 January Cup. Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 184 (win strike rate: 5.18%)

McDonald, James
Age: 24. James McDonald made a big impression in Hong Kong on his LONGINES IJC debut when still a teenager back in 2011, with the precocious Kiwi finishing runner-up to Frankie Dettori. He returned the following May and partnered Xtension to victory in the May, 2012 G1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin. Champion Apprentice in his homeland, he went on to claim the Premiership there twice, in 2008/09 and latterly with a New Zealand record tally of 207 for the 2010/2011 season. In 2012 he won a first New Zealand Derby. Now based in Australia, he clinched his first Sydney Premiership in July, 2014, with 72 wins on the board, riding two winners on the final day of the season to draw that number clear of Nash Rawiller. His first G1 win came in the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Breeders Stakes and his most recent was Holler’s Canterbury Stakes in March, 2016 one of four top-flight wins so far this season. Hong Kong career wins (as of 28 April): 5 (win strike rate: 7.69%)

Moreira, Joao
Age: 32. Brazilian sensation Joao Moreira, known as “Magic Man”, notched more than 1000 wins in South America and received the Brazilian Eclipse Award in 2007 and 2008. He relocated to Singapore in 2009 and dominated the Singapore circuit, winning the Premiership in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He moved to Hong Kong in October 2013 and finished runner-up in the title race that term with 97 wins before clinching the championship in a record smashing 2014/15 campaign with 145 wins. He has also ridden in Australia, Britain, France, USA, Germany, Japan, Macau, Sweden and the UAE. He won the IJC at Happy Valley in 2012, twice recorded the fastest 100 in a Hong Kong season, jointly holds the record for the most wins in a Hong Kong race day (six: 1 March, 2015) and has twice ridden eight wins in a day (Kranji, 6 September, 2013 and Cidade Jardim, March, 2006). His major wins include: Hong Kong Mile (2015 Able Friend), Hong Kong Cup (2015 Designs On Rome), Champions Mile (2015 Able Friend), Hong Kong Gold Cup (2014 Military Attack, 2015 Designs On Rome), Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (2015 Able Friend), Stewards’ Cup (2015 Able Friend), Newmarket Handicap (2015 Brazen Beau), Al Quoz Sprint (2014 Amber Sky), Coolmore Stud Stakes (2014 Brazen Beau), Dubai Golden Shaheen (2014 Sterling City), Gran Premio Nacional (2006 Eu Tambem), Grande Premio Diana (2008 Bubbly Jane). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 373 (win strike rate: 23.24%).

Mosse, Gerald
Age: 49. Frenchman Gerald Mosse’s distinguished career began in 1983 and in his early days he was associated with Patrick Biancone and Francois Boutin. He famously partnered the latter’s sensational juvenile, Arazi, through the summer of 1992. Mosse has ridden more than 50 G1 wins in Europe alone and was the Aga Khan’s principal rider from 1993 to 2001. His career highlight remains his Arc triumph on Saumarez in 1990 although in 2010 he became the first French rider to win the Melbourne Cup, on board Americain. He has also won all the French Classics and all classic races in Hong Kong. He became stable jockey to the Manfred Man stable ahead of the 2015/16 Hong Kong season. He has won more HKIR races (8) than any other jockey, those wins being:  Hong Kong Cup (1991 River Verdon, 1999 Jim And Tonic), Hong Kong Mile (1998 Jim And Tonic, 2011 Beauty Flash), Hong Kong Sprint (2002 All Thrills Too, 2007 Sacred Kingdom), Hong Kong Vase (2009 Daryakana, 2012 Red Cadeaux). He won the AP QEII Cup in 1998 aboard Jim And Tonic. Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 657 (win strike rate: 10.28%).

Peslier, Olivier
Age 43: Four times France’s champion jockey (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), Olivier Peslier is among the world’s best jockeys of the past 25 years, with a host of major wins around the globe, more than 100 at G1 level. He has seven LONGINES HKIR wins: Docksider (1999) and Hat Trick (2005) in the Mile, Patripal (1995), Borgia (1999) and Doctor Dino (2007 & 2008) in the Vase, and Vision D’Etat (2009) in the Cup. He has won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe four times (1996 Helissio, 1997 Peintre Celebre, 1998 Sagamix, 2012, Solemia) and he has also won the Japan Cup twice (2001 Jungle Pocket, 2004 Zenno Rob Roy). He is associated with the great Goldikova, whom he partnered to 14 G1 wins including three G1 Breeders’ Cup Miles, as well as champions such as Peintre Celebre, Zenno Rob Roy and Banks Hill. In 2012 he rode Cirrus Des Aigles to wins in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, G1 Prix Ganay and G2 Prix Dollar. 2013 brought a second G1 Prix du Jockey Club win, thanks to Intello, 16 years after his first on Peintre Celebre. In 2015 he notched three more G1 wins on Make Believe (Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Prix de la Foret) and Amazing Maria (Prix Rothschild).

Prebble, Brett
Age: 38. Brett Prebble left Australia for Hong Kong in 2002 with two Melbourne Premierships (1999/00 & 2000/01) already to his name. He quickly made his mark and collected a first major win at Sha Tin aboard Precision in the 2003 Champions & Chater Cup. He has since partnered to victory Hong Kong stars such as Bullish Luck, Sacred Kingdom, Cape Of Good Hope and Lucky Nine. His tussles with Douglas Whyte for the Jockeys' Premiership are legendary, although he has not yet lifted the crown. He has been runner-up six times to his rival, his 2009/10 battle with Whyte was epic as he lost out by one with the final score being 100-99. He set the Hong Kong record of most wins in a day with his six-timer at Happy Valley on 20 June, 2010, a feat since matched by Whyte (April, 2013) and Joao Moreira (March, 2015). His career highlight is Green Moon's win in the 2012 Melbourne Cup. Other notable wins include: Hong Kong Sprint (2006 Absolute Champion, 2009 Sacred Kingdom, 2011 Lucky Nine), Champions Mile (2006 Bullish Luck, 2009 Sight Winner), Hong Kong Derby (2007 Vital King), Chairman's Sprint Prize (2007 Absolute Champion, 2010 Sacred Kingdom, 2013 & 2014 Lucky Nine), Centenary Sprint Cup (2008 Absolute Champion, 2010 & 2011 Sacred Kingdom), Golden Slipper (2010 Crystal Lily), Australian Guineas (2015 Wandjina), Yasuda Kinen (2006 Bullish Luck), KrisFlyer International Sprint (2009 Sacred Kingdom, 2013 & 2014 Lucky Nine), Australia Stakes (2005 Cape Of Good Hope). Hong Kong career wins (as of 28 April):  752 (win strike rate: 12.72%)

Purton, Zac
Age: 33. Zac Purton ended Douglas Whyte's 13-season dominance with his first Hong Kong jockeys' championship in 2013/14 (112 wins). He raced to the then-fastest 50 in Hong Kong history that season and became the second rider, after Whyte, to notch 100 wins in a season. He finished runner-up in 2011/12 and 2012/13, fading late on when troubled with ill health after leading for much of the latter campaign. Purton lost his title when second to Joao Moreira in 2014/15 with 95 wins. He started his career in Brisbane and was an apprentice sensation, winning the premiership there in 2003, and then moved on to Sydney where he was twice second in the premiership behind perennial champion Darren Beadman. His first G1 win came on Excites in the 2006 Sires Produce Stakes. Purton moved to Hong Kong in September, 2007. His notable wins include: Hong Kong Mile (2012 Ambitious Dragon), Hong Kong Sprint (2014 Aerovelocity), Hong Kong Vase (2013 Dominant), Hong Kong Derby (2015 Luger), King's Stand Stakes (2012 Little Bridge), Singapore Airlines International Cup (2013 Military Attack), Caulfield Cup (2014 Admire Rakti), Doncaster Mile (2014 Sacred Falls), Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2015 Aerovelocity), KrisFlyer International Sprint (2015 Aerovelocity). Hong Kong Career Wins: (as of 28 April): 590 (win strike rate: 13.11%).

Rawiller, Nash
Age: 41. Rawiller is a three-time champion in Sydney (2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13) and well-established in the top echelon of Australian jockeys with more than 2100 wins to his credit, including more than 50 G1 victories. Rawiller’s brother, Brad, and sister, Stacey, are jockeys, while another brother, Tom, is a trainer - their father, Keith, was a jump jockey. Rawiller started his career in Victoria and early success at the elite level came on Elvstroem. He moved to Sydney in 2007 to team up with trainer Gai Waterhouse and has since been associated with the champion race mare More Joyous and outstanding colt Pierro. Rawiller moved to Hong Kong in September 2014. Notable wins include: Caulfield Cup (2004 Elvstroem), Dubai Duty Free (2005 Elvstroem), Golden Slipper (2012 Pierro), Doncaster Mile (2010 Rangirangdoo, 2012 More Joyous), Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2011 My Kingdom Of Fife, 2012 More Joyous). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 47 (win strike rate: 6.73%).

Teetan, Karis
Age: 25. Mauritian rider Karis Teetan was well ensconced in the top 10 of the South African Jockeys' Championship when he left for Hong Kong in August, 2013. After entering the South African National Jockey Academy at the age of 14 Teetan went on to be crowned Champion South African Apprentice in 2008. He graduated in 2009 with 147 wins to his credit. Teetan passed the 100 wins mark in every season as a senior jockey in South Africa. He has recorded five G1 wins with his inaugural success at the top level being in his native Mauritius on 24 November, 2008, aboard Halo Hunter. Teetan represented South Africa in the 2012 International Jockeys' Invitational in Seoul, Korea and in the 2008 Macau Apprentice Jockeys Invitation Races. He notched an impressive 50 wins in his first Hong Kong season. Notable wins include: Hong Kong Classic Cup (2015 Thunder Fantasy), HKG2 Chairman’s Trophy (2014 Able Friend), Cape Derby (2012 Jackson), Daily News 2000 (2012 Jackson), Paddock Stakes (2012 Thunder Dance), Castle Tankard (2011 Grisham). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 120 (win strike rate: 7.82%).

Whyte, Douglas
Age: 44. Douglas Whyte was born in Durban, South Africa, hence his nickname “The Durban Demon”. He was champion jockey in Hong Kong for 13 consecutive seasons, losing his title to Zac Purton in 2013/14. Whyte first sat on a horse at age two and developed his skills riding in the countryside with his late father, himself a former jockey. A South African jockey academy graduate, in 1996 he rode weekends in Singapore and Malaysia and undertook a short contract in Hong Kong at the start of the 1996/97 season. He returned for the 1997/98 season and made Hong Kong his home. He is the only jockey ever to reach 1,000 wins in Hong Kong, and his tally of 114 wins in 2005/06 stood as a record until Joao Moreria surpassed it in 2014/15. He is the joint record-holder (with Brett Prebble and Joao Moreira) for most wins in a day in Hong Kong (six: 7 April, 2013) and holds the records for overall career wins in Hong Kong and most career prize money won (over HK$1.45 billion). Notable wins include: Hong Kong Cup (2013 Akeed Mofeed), Hong Kong Mile (2013 Glorious Days), Hong Kong Vase (1998 Indigenous), AP QEII Cup (1997 London News, 1998 Oriental Express, 2011 Ambitious Dragon), Hong Kong Derby (2010 Super Satin, 2012 Fay Fay, 2013 Akeed Mofeed), Queen’s Plate (1997 London News), J & B Met (1997 London News). Hong Kong Career Wins (as of 28 April): 1,714 (win strike rate: 15.55%).

 

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