1990: Born in Hong Kong and raised in Clearwater Bay
2006: Gives up showjumping to join the HKJC Apprentice Jockeys’ School
2008: Collects autographs from star riders like Christophe Soumillon while on weighing room duty at Happy Valley’s International Jockeys’ Championship.
2009/10: Rides 44 winners in New Zealand under the tutelage of Lance O’Sullivan
May 2010: Records first Hong Kong success aboard Decent Fellow at Sha Tin and ends the day with a treble thanks to future star Lucky Nine and Matsukaze
July 2011: Crowned Champion Apprentice with 39 winners
Oct 2012: Reaches apprentice graduation benchmark of 70 as Castle Hero scores at Sha Tin
October 2014: First Group race success aboard Bundle of Joy in the National Day Cup
December 2014: Makes his International Jockeys’ Championship debut and finishes fifth
July 2015: Honoured as the season’s leading freelance rider
August 2018: First ride in Britain is a winner as X Rated scores at Haycock Park
July 2019: Finishes fourth in the jockeys’ championship with a career-best 56 winners and lands the Tony Cruz Award as leading homegrown rider
August 2019: Rides a Shergar Cup winner at Ascot as part of successful Rest of the World team
April 2019: 250th Hong Kong success as Lucky Hero scores at Sha Tin
January 2020: Wins a first major when Golden Sixty wins the Hong Kong Classic Mile
February 2020: Reaches 300 wins aboard Massive Pocket at Happy Valley
February 2020: Golden Sixty adds the Classic Cup to his Classic Mile success
What they say
Former boss Caspar Fownes: “He’s always been a lovely kid, great manners, respectful, hard-working and I’m sure that in his mind he believes that he can compete at the ultimate level. He’s cool and that’s a massive attribute to being a superstar jockey. If he’s getting the same amount of quality rides that Zac (Purton) and Joao (Moreira) get then of course he can fight with them.”
Champion jockey Zac Purton: “It’s never where you start, it’s where you end up, and Vincent has continually got better. Vincent got to ride under a lot of pressure during his apprenticeship and that is probably holding him in good stead today. He’s getting a lot of opportunities but you have to make the most of them and he’s doing a good job.”
