Jul 1, 2026 – 5.00amZac Purton knows how to race. In May, the Lismore-born 42-year-old jockey won his 2000th race in Hong Kong on his 11,229th ride in his adopted city, the first to achieve the feat.But when he hit 30, Purton realised he was also in a race against time if he wanted to earn enough to support his wife, Nicole, the daughter of Australian Hall of Fame jockey Jim Cassidy, and their two kids, Roxy and Cash, for the rest of their lives.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Emma McGrath-CohenReporterEmma McGrath-Cohen is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review.Fetching latest articles