Type: Club Jockey

Nationality: British

Background:
Age: 32. Hailing from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Jockey Atzeni, who previously rode in Hong Kong during the 2014/2015 season, is a Group 1-winning rider in over seven different countries. He has amassed 1286 wins and a 15% winning strike rate to date including 29 Group 1 winners and 140 other Group and listed race wins. Commencing his career in Italy, Jockey Atzeni has enjoyed his greatest success so far in Great Britain with Roger Varian's stable as the trainer's first elect, a position he assumed in 2013. A string of top-level successes quickly followed the 32-year-old in Newmarket, including four consecutive Group 1 Futurity Trophy wins aboard Kingston Hill (2013), Elm Park (2014), Marcel (2015) and Rivet (2016). Jockey Atzeni rode Stradivarius to successive wins in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup (2017 & 2018). He also formed a strong partnership with Postponed, Great Britain's highest-rated horse in 2016, winning four Group 1 races atop the galloper in Great Britain and the United Arab Emirates. Jockey Atzeni has two British Classic wins, landing the Group 1 St. Leger Stakes twice with Kingston Hill (2014) and Simple Verse (2015).

Notable Race Wins Include
G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2015 Postsponed); G1 Irish Champion Stakes (2017 Decorated Knight); G1 Futurity Trophy (2013 Kingston Hill, 2014 Elm Park, 2015 Marcel, 2016 Rivet); G1 Goodwood Cup (2017 & 2018 Stradivarius); G1 Juddmonte International Stakes (2016 Postponed); G1 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Cup (2016 Postponed, 2019 Defoe); G1 Dewhurst Stakes (2014 Belardo); G1 Lockinge Stakes (2016 Belardo); G1 Haydock Sprint Cup (2021 Emaraaty Ana); G1 Dubai Sheema Classic (2016 Postponed); G1 St. Leger Stakes (2014 Kingston Hill, 2015 Simple Verse).

Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2023/24 season): 3 (win strike rate 3.7%).