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The man behind Zac Purton’s dominance taught him to ride on the beach: ‘You could tell he was always going to be good’


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Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton was taught to ride horses on an Australian beach as a wiry 14-year-old looking for a way out of school. Purton’s former master Trevor Hardy took the then country boy under his wing, with his special talents quickly bubbling to the surface despite having never ridden a horse before stepping foot in his stables. In Hong Kong to watch his former apprentice – who is poised to win the Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile on champion horse Beauty...

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