Damian Lane

{{short description|Australian jockey}}

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|image=Damian_Lane_2023_Japanese_Derby.jpg

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|occupation=Jockey

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1994|02|06|df=y}}

|birth_place=Bunbury, Western Australia

|nationality=Australian

|height=166cm{{cite web |url=https://db.netkeiba.com/jockey/profile/05585/|title=Ｄ．レーン|website=netkeiba.com|publisher=Net Dreamers|access-date=2023-04-15|language=ja}}

|weight=53kg|caption=Lane after winning the 2023 Japanese Derby|nickname=Frosty}}

Damian Lane (born 6 February 1994) is an Australian jockey based in Victoria.

Lane was born in Bunbury in Western Australia to Michael and Vickey Lane, who were both horse trainers.{{Cite web |last=Hiramatsu |first=Satoshi |date=2019-05-14 |title=２年前にインタビューしたダミアン・レーン騎手が大旋風!! 彼はいったいどんな男なのか?!（平松さとし） - 個人 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/satoshihiramatsu/20190514-00125896 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}} He grew up around horses, and began his career in Western Australia in 2009, and later moved to Victoria. His first Group One winner was Trust In A Gust in the 2014 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. As of early May 2025, he has ridden 1,589 winners, including 39 in Group One races.{{cite web | url = https://www.racing.com/jockeys/damian-lane| title = Damian Lane| publisher = Racing.com| access-date =4 May 2025}}{{cite web | url = https://www.racenet.com.au/jockey/damian-lane | title = Damian Lane| publisher = Racenet| access-date =3 June 2021}}{{cite web | url = https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/jockey/damian-lane/17891| title = Damian Lane| publisher = Racing and Sports| access-date =3 June 2021}}

Lane spent three months in Japan from April to July 2019, riding 37 winners, including his first Japanese Grade 1 victory at the Victoria Mile with Normcore, and spent another three months there between April and July 2020, riding 41 winners. In 2019 in the Melbourne spring racing carnival he rode the Japanese-trained horses Mer De Glace and Lys Gracieux in their respective Caulfield Cup and W. S. Cox Plate wins.{{cite news |title=Damian Lane back for more spring success |url=https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/damian-lane-returns-for-start-of-2020-21/617624 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Just Horse Racing |date=13 July 2020}}

Lane returned to Japan in 2022 where he marked his 100th Japanese race win on June 19 with Rain From Heaven.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=レーン ＪＲＡ通算１００勝達成 「日本での騎乗、とても楽しみに」 |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2022/06/20/0015400916.shtml |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}} In 2023, he won the Japanese Derby with Tastiera, making him the first jockey from the Southern Hemisphere to win a Japanese classic race.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-28 |title=【ダービー】タスティエーラが激戦制す レーン騎手「スペシャルです」69年ぶりテン乗り騎手Ｖ - ３歳馬特集 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/keiba/news/202305270001663.html |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Nikkan Sports |language=ja}}