Stats / Trainers / K. L. Man

K. L. Man

Birthday: Jul 18, 1957

Nationality: Hong Kong

Background:
Age: 67. Manfred Man was a jockey in Hong Kong between 1976 and 1983 and notched a memorable triumph in the 1979 QEII Cup on Go-Getter. He then worked through the assistant trainer ranks, most notably with John Moore, and received a full trainer's licence in 2001. Man trained Eagle Regiment to win the 2012 HKG1 Centenary Sprint Cup and brought the horse back from injury to win the same race in 2013. He also nursed Eagle Regiment to achieve a gallant third in the 2013 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan, Dubai. Man achieved his best total of 44 winners in 2022/23, the season in which he won seven Group races with star galloper Lucky Sweynesse. Crowned Hong Kong Champion Sprinter and Champion Four-Year-Old that term, Lucky Sweynesse claimed each leg of Hong Kong's three-race Speed Series. Lucky Sweynesse went on to win the Hong Kong Sprint, G2 Jockey Club Sprint and G2 Sprint Cup throughout the 2023/24 season. Man trained his 600th winner in Hong Kong in 2023.

Achievements:
Hong Kong Champion Apprentice (1978/79).

Notable Race Wins Include
Hong Kong Sprint (2023 Lucky Sweynesse), Centenary Sprint Cup (2012 & 2013 Eagle Regiment, 2023 Lucky Sweynesse), Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (2023 Lucky Sweynesse), Chairman's Sprint Prize (2023 Lucky Sweynesse), G2 Jockey Club Sprint (2022 & 2023 Lucky Sweynesse), G2 Sprint Cup (2023 & 2024 Lucky Sweynesse), G3 Sa Sa Ladies' Purse (2023 Encountered), G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup (2023 Lucky Sweynesse), G3 Sha Tin Vase (2023 Lucky Sweynesse), HKG3 January Cup (2015 Pleasure Gains).

Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2024/25 season): 651 (win strike rate: 6.9%).

General Performances
No of wins for season: 11
No of runs for season: 130
Win %: 8.46
No of wins for all weather: 3
No of 2nds for all weather: 2
No of 3rds for all weather: 2
All weather: 22
Total stakes: $12,496,150
Win stakes: $8,033,200
No of 2nds: 5
No of 3rds: 10
Percentage for season: 20
Profit/Loss: ($499)
Most Effective Distances
YearHappy ValleyShatin1000m-1200m1400m-1650m1800m-2000m2000m+
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
255123964891723734375500020000
Performance
DistanceWin2nd3rdLostTotal RideWin%
Happy Valley100032227348.82
1200746931106.36
165047845646.25
1800001450
2200001120
ShatinAll weather1200835365215.38
165012317234.35
1800000330
Turf100002029310
120066382976.19
140081212901226.56
160003036390
18001005616.67
2000000550
2400000000
Odds of Runners
Draw Year<44-1010-2020+
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
252007523334353900251
Draw Statistic
Draw Year1-56-1011-14
1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal1st2nd3rdTotal
25724523245611222
Trainer Partnerships
Trainer1st2nd3rdLostTotal
L. Ferraris20068
M. F. Poon2001012
P. N. Wong2101013
A. Badel10023
C. Y. Ho11248
J. McDonald11013
L. Hewitson10124
Z. Purton10067
A. Atzeni00033
B. Avdulla00022
C. L. Chau00055
E. C. W. Wong00033
H. Bentley00011
H. Bowman00055
K. C. Leung0141419
K. Teetan00033
M. Chadwick0111214
M. L. Yeung0021113
Y. L. Chung00044