Zac Purton reached another Hong Kong first on his way to a three-timer and Mark Newnham gained even more momentum with his first treble of the year at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

After surpassing Douglas Whyte’s all-time Hong Kong win record last season, Purton became the first jockey to reach 1,900 winners in the city when he saluted aboard the Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained Talents Supremo in the Class Five Success Handicap (1,200m).

“It’s a really good number to get to. Obviously I can’t do it without the support that I get and it was nice to do it on one of Danny’s horses as well, because he has been my biggest supporter across my time in Ho

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