With just five meetings left this season, Caspar Fownes looks well placed to secure a fifth trainers’ championship after extending his lead in June, while it was a forgettable month for a host of jockeys and trainers.
For the final time this term, the SCMP analyses the jockeys and trainers who had a month to remember or one to forget, as well as the most outstanding victory and winning ride.
Who’s hot?
Zac Purton was once again the most successful rider of the month, bagging 11 wins at a strike rate of 19.6 per cent, but his former fierce rival Joao Moreira was close behind on nine wins with a stronger strike rate of 21.9 per cent.
It was also a productive month for Karis Teetan, who recorded eight wins with Saturday’s Sha Tin treble the highlight.
