Birthday: Apr 10, 1988
Type: Freelance Jockey
Nationality: Hong Kong
Background:
Age: 35. HKJC Apprentice Jockeys' School graduate Keith Yeung undertook his overseas placement in Australia, the later portion with trainer Leon Wells in Tasmania. He had his first race ride on 3 June, 2007 and returned to Hong Kong for the 2008/09 Hong Kong season with 11 Australian wins under his belt from 130 rides. Indentured to Sha Tin trainer Almond Lee, Yeung showed great form in 2009/10 to become Hong Kong's champion apprentice. He reached the graduation benchmark after claiming his 70th win in Hong Kong with Nicku on 17 December, 2011. Yeung gained a first Pattern Race success aboard the Caspar Fownes-trained Dances With Dragon in the G3 Premier Plate in June, 2020.
Achievements:
Hong Kong Champion Apprentice (2009/10).
Notable Race Wins Include
G3 Premier Plate (2020 Dances With Dragon).
Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2023/24 season): 286 (win strike rate 4.8%).
Year | Happy Valley | Shatin | 1000m-1200m | 1400m-1650m | 1800m-2000m | 2000m+ | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 140 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 208 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 168 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 134 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Distance | Win | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total Ride | Win% | ||
Happy Valley | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |
1200 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 63 | 3.17 | ||
1650 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 46 | 6.52 | ||
1800 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
2200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 11.11 | ||
Shatin | All weather | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
1650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 7.69 | ||
1800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33.33 | ||
Turf | 1000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | |
1200 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 57 | 5.26 | ||
1400 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 54 | 5.56 | ||
1600 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 9.52 | ||
1800 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||
2000 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9.09 | ||
2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Draw Year | <4 | 4-10 | 10-20 | 20+ | ||||||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 227 |
Draw Year | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-14 | |||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
24 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 142 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 131 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 75 |
Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total |
W. Y. So | 8 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 58 |
A. S. Cruz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
C. Fownes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
C. W. Chang | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 46 |
D. A. Hayes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 31 |
K. L. Man | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 38 |
K. W. Lui | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
P. C. Ng | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
C. H. Yip | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
C. S. Shum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
D. Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
D. Whyte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
F. C. Lor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
J. Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
K. H. Ting | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 31 |
M. Newnham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
P. F. Yiu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
T. P. Yung | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
W. K. Mo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
Y. S. Tsui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 |