Zac Purton celebrates his Sha Tin five-timer. Photos: Kenneth Chan
Showing no signs of slowing down, Zac Purton dominated Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting with a career-best opening-day haul of five wins.
The eight-time champion jockey started the new campaign by booting home his first three rides – Perfect Peach, Ka Ying Rising and Super Strong Kid – before scoring on Jamie Richards-trained duo Groovy Feeling and Bulb General.
“It’s always good to start well,” said Purton, whose previous best haul on the first day of a Hong Kong season was four winners in 2018 and last year.
“The weather was a bit of a worry early in the day and then all day, but the track raced well and the horses turned up.”
