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Tuchel runs down Flaming Rabbit to win the Class Two Para Sports Coach Handicap (1,600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

John Size rates two-time Classic Series silver medallist Tuchel’s win as his best run

Runner-up in both the Hong Kong Classic Mile and the Derby (2,000m), the four-year-old galloper triumphs in a Class Two contest at Sha Tin on Sunday

21 May 2023

Zac Purton salutes aboard Romantic Laos to ring up his 600th Happy Valley winner. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton makes more Happy Valley history with 600th win

17 May 2023 - 11:37 PM

Jockey Zac Purton and trainer Richard Gibson celebrate Right Honourable’s win at Happy Valley in September 2018. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Happy Together is how Zac Purton would like to be in Richard Gibson’s company

12 May 2023 - 2:11 PM

Trainer Tony Cruz and jockey Zac Purton celebrate a win at Sha Tin last month. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton and Cruz could put themselves clear at top of interport series rankings

11 May 2023 - 7:56 PM

Trainer Jimmy Ting celebrates his treble at Sha Tin on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Jimmy Ting snares just third career treble as Zac Purton cashes in with three of his own

10 May 2023 - 11:52 PM

Jockey Alexis Badel and trainer John Size celebrate Seizing The Moment’s win at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Size seizes the moment with Sha Tin treble to extend title lead to double digits

7 May 2023 - 8:46 PM

Winning Dragon hits the line to salute under Angus Chung at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz celebrates first treble of the season as Chung lands maiden Valley double

3 May 2023 - 11:52 PM

Zac Purton celebrates Lucky Sweynesse’s Chairman’s Sprint Prize victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton decides on future: ‘the club threw a Hail Mary, and I caught the ball’

1 May 2023 - 12:16 PM

Joao Moreira returns a winner aboard Packing Hurricane at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Joao Moreira a winner again in Hong Kong: ‘it’s like a dream’

30 Apr 2023 - 8:44 PM

Lucky Sweynesse storms to victory in Sunday’s Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m) at Sha Tin. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton says ‘the sky’s the limit’ for Sweynesse after Speed Series clean sweep

30 Apr 2023 - 6:23 PM

Lucky Sweynesse (middle) wins the recent Sprint Cup. Photos: Kenneth Chan.

Hong Kong racing

Can Sweynesse continue superb season? ‘I don’t think we’ve seen the best of him yet’

29 Apr 2023 - 10:46 AM

Danon The Kid gallops under Keiichiro Yasuda at Sha Tin on Thursday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Comeback Kid from Japan ready for Romantic Warrior rematch

29 Apr 2023 - 10:13 AM

Dan Attack wins his Sha Tin barrier trial on April 11 under Zac Purton. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Richards attacks Sha Tin with one high-priced debutant and two last-start winners

22 Apr 2023 - 11:52 AM

Gallant Hero salutes under Zac Purton at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

History repeats as David Hall tastes immediate success after birth of son Harvey

19 Apr 2023 - 11:48 PM

Victor The Winner salutes under Zac Purton at Sha Tin on Saturday afternoon. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Victor The Winner marches on towards Group company with another Sha Tin success

15 Apr 2023 - 7:19 PM

Danny Shum and Zac Purton celebrate Victor The Winner’s Sha Tin success on March 19. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton persuades Shum to run rather than rest rising star Victor The Winner

13 Apr 2023 - 3:25 PM

Trainer Tony Cruz and jockey Zac Purton celebrate California Spangle’s Chairman’s Trophy victory. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton lifts California Spangle off the canvas to complete Group Two double

9 Apr 2023 - 8:04 PM

Lucky Sweynesse sails past Wellington on his way to victory in the Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Lucky Sweynesse’s audacious Japan tilt gains momentum after another impressive win

9 Apr 2023 - 7:09 PM

Topic / Zac Purton

Zac Purton

After graduating, Mark joined Racing Post in 1996 and was its chief sports writer until he moved to Australia in 2001. In Australia, he was the media manager of, among others, Centrebet, Sydney FC and Tom Waterhouse, and he ran the Western Australian Turf Club's racing and wagering operations.