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Numbers game spurs Zac Purton: ‘trying to get to 170 will be my aim this season’

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Numbers game spurs Zac Purton: ‘trying to get to 170 will be my aim this season’

Zac Purton is chasing Joao Moreira's record of 170 Hong Kong winners in a season. Puron has 21 winners this season, four more than his previous best tally. He has 168 wins in 2018-19, one in Singapore and one from Australia. Moreira is on leave in Brazil until the end of the year. Purion will ride Savaquin in the main event at Happy Valley on Wednesday. David Hayes and Peter Ho Leung have retained Purons on Handsome Veggie and Wood On Fire. The main race is the Class Two Man Yiu Handicap (1,650m).

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