Lisa Allpress
| Lisa Allpress ONZM | |
|---|---|
 Allpress in 2021 | |
| Full name | Lisa Joy Allpress |
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | May 20, 1975 |
| Career wins | 1922 (as of May 2024[update]) |
| Racing awards | |
| New Zealand jockey premiership (2012, 2016, 2019 and 2020) | |
Lisa Joy Allpress ONZM (née Mumby; born May 20, 1975) is a New Zealand jockey. She was the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins. She is also the first female jockey to win a race in the country of Saudi Arabia.
Allpress was born May 20, 1975 in Stratford, New Zealand.[1][2] She initially aspired to become a veterinarian, but after visiting Japan on a working holiday, where she spectated the 1994 Japan Cup, she started to aspire to become a jockey instead.[3] She was apprenticed to trainer Kevin Gray at Waverley.[4] She debuted in 1996 and scored her first victory in March of that year.[2][3]
Her first Group Win was on We Can Say It Now in the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham on 4 December 2010.[5] As of March 2022[update], Allpress has also ridden successfully in Singapore (57), Japan (12 wins) and Malaysia (12).[6][7] Her win in Saudi Arabia was the first by a female jockey.[4][8]
She won her first New Zealand jockey premiership in 2012, achieving the same result again in 2016, 2019 and 2020.[4] In 2013, she became the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.[9] As of 19th May 2024, she has ridden 1922 winners.[10]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Allpress was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the racing industry.[11]
Personal
[edit]Allpress married racehorse trainer Karl Allpress in 2002, and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.[4][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "NZ champion Lisa Allpress back with a winner after hip replacement". Horse Racing Planet. 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b "2024ワールドオールスタージョッキーズ出場外国騎手プロフィール" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b "【世界の騎手紹介 Vol.36】リサ・オールプレス". JRA-VAN Ver.World - 海外競馬 (in Japanese). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Knowler, Richard (23 December 2021). "Veteran jockey Lisa Allpress, queen of the New Zealand racing scene". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "We Can Say It Now – Thoroughbred Horse Profile". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Lisa Allpress". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Ｌ．オールプレスのプロフィール | 騎手データ". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
通算勝利数 中央11勝 地方1勝
[Total wins: JRA 11; NAR 1] - ^ Harding, Jonathan (28 February 2020). "Lisa Allpress makes history as first female jockey to win in Saudi Arabia". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Lisa Allpress thought she was in trouble when New Year Honour arrived". Radio New Zealand. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Jockeys With More Than 100 New Zealand Wins". www.racebase.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "New Year Honours: The full list of 2021". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Dennis (10 October 2002). "Wedding bells ring for Karl and Lisa". ThoroughbredNews. Retrieved 7 January 2022.