Experts say Americans will die without it in NovemberHong Kong to delay elections by one year, citing coronavirusCoronavirus alert issued for Brisbane South and West Moreton locations "He really does handle his off-track business in a very professional manner and his relationships with the trainers and the owners," Mr Cox says.The straight-talking Aussie was previously out of favour with leading trainers but now he's regularly aboard the best horses owned by the most powerful racing families.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. "Purton will meet owners morning, afternoon or night for coffee or a meal, talking with them about their horses while in turn collecting nuggets of business and financial advice.

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"The Moore family was very important to the building of Hong Kong racing in the 70s and early 80s," John Moore says.Why? Purton has ridden it exclusively over the past two seasons.

"The Moore family was very important to the building of Hong Kong racing in the 70s and early 80s," John Moore says.Why? "Fellow Australians Blake Shinn and Regan Bayliss call the city home, while a handful of other Aussies — including champion Hugh Bowman — regularly jet north for hit-and-run missions.Journalist Michael Cox says Hong Kong's lure for horsemen is simple to explain: "Huge prize money, low tax, and racing twice a week only.

"It is nice that people on the street wish me luck and say hello," he says. "I studied all the best jockeys around the world; I asked them a lot of questions to try to find out how they think," he says.The 37-year-old is now one of the best jockeys on earth, and the reigning champion rider in Hong Kong.He piloted horses that won a record $43 million ($HK235 million) in prize money last season, and personally pocketed at least $2 million from that haul.The boy from the bush is a celebrity in a Chinese region where horse racing is the number one spectator sport.The megabucks of Hong Kong's racing scene are furlongs away from Purton's humble beginnings. The Hong Kong Jockey Club is the largest single taxpayer in the semi-autonomous region. The Kwoks started an Asian cosmetics empire now worth about $1 billion and their aptly-named Beauty Generation is rated the fourth-best thoroughbred in the world. "Fellow Australians Blake Shinn and Regan Bayliss call the city home, while a handful of other Aussies — including champion Hugh Bowman — regularly jet north for hit-and-run missions.Journalist Michael Cox says Hong Kong's lure for horsemen is simple to explain: "Huge prize money, low tax, and racing twice a week only.

"Purton was born in Lismore, New South Wales and lived in New Zealand and South Australia before his parents settled on the NSW mid-north coast. "I jumped at the opportunity," Purton recalls with a cheeky smile.Instead of walking through the gates of Coffs Harbour High, the schoolboy went to an RSL club for a jockey recruitment seminar.Not long after, before finishing year nine, Zac walked away from the classroom permanently to join a local stable and become a student of horse racing. He was years behind other kids his age.Even when he started with local horse trainer Trevor Hardy, he weighed just 27 kilograms and was too weak to control a 500-kilogram thoroughbred around a racetrack. At just 14 years of age, Zac Purton made a decision that would change his life. "Purton now has a growing investment portfolio of property, shares and other assets, as he and wife Nicole work to give their children Roxy and Cash the best start in life. Experts say Americans will die without it in NovemberHong Kong to delay elections by one year, citing coronavirusCoronavirus alert issued for Brisbane South and West Moreton locations "I've got a lifespan as a jockey; I've got to make the most of it while I can. And luckily for its battered government, racing escaped 2019's pro-democracy unrest mostly unscathed.Gambling revenue during the first three months of this season — an estimated $6.5 billion ($HK35 billion) — was roughly the same as last year.That's despite crowds plunging by an estimated 40 per cent and several meetings being cancelled as a precaution. And luckily for its battered government, racing escaped 2019's pro-democracy unrest mostly unscathed.Gambling revenue during the first three months of this season — an estimated $6.5 billion ($HK35 billion) — was roughly the same as last year.That's despite crowds plunging by an estimated 40 per cent and several meetings being cancelled as a precaution.

"That business side of racing here ... can be the difference between jockeys of equal ability making it and not making it. For every hour the Australian has raced at Happy Valley or Sha Tin racecourses this season, his horses have claimed about $2 million ($HK10.5 million) in prize money.Jockeys get 10 per cent of the cheque for each win and 5 per cent for a placing.

"Hopefully I invest wisely and when I do retire, I've got enough passive income coming in to continue to enjoy my life. Zac Purton (born 3 January 1983) is a horse racing jockey.

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