J OAO M O R E I R A ( C )

39 Years Old

• Brazilian-born rider who has earned the nickname “Magic Man” thanks to his exploits in the Far East.

• A graduate of the Sao Paulo apprentice academy, he rode more than 1,000 winners in Brazil and twice won the country’s coveted Eclipse Award for top jockey.

• Moved to Singapore in 2009 and won four consecutive champion jockey titles, including a record 206 wins in 2013 – made global headlines on September 6 that year when riding all eight winners at Kranji.

• Alongside three Hong Kong jockey championships (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17), he set the record for the most winners in a season (170 – 2016/17), the fastest century of winners in a season (2016/17) and the most winners on a Hong Kong raceday (eight – March 5, 2017).