John Size

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John Size (born 10 July 1954) is one of the most successful racehorse trainers in Hong Kong history and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame in 2018. After a successful career in his native Australia, Size arrived in Hong Kong for the 2001-02 season with a reputation for rejuvenating horses set back by illness or injury and for his ability to mould and develop young horses from the beginning of their careers. In his first season, he trained 58 winners to become only the second trainer ever to win the championship title in his first season. Size subsequently added more championships in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and shares the record of 11 Hong Kong title wins with another legendary Australian, George Moore.[http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/TrainerProfile.asp?TrainerCode=SJJ#wikipedia The Hong Kong Jockey Club - Trainer information]

Size holds the record for the number of winners saddled in a Hong Kong season - 95 in 2016-17 and, in the 2017-18 season, broke the Hong Kong record for prizemoney won by his runners with HK$176,441,240. At the end of the 2019-20 season, he had trained 1,257 winners in Hong Kong, ranking him only behind John Moore (1,735) and Tony Cruz (1,294). He lives in Hong Kong with his wife, Coco, and their daughter, Carina.

Significant wins

Performance

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! width="80px"| Seasons

! width="100px"| Total Runners

! width="80px"| No. of Wins

! width="80px"| No. of 2nds

! width="80px"| No. of 3rds

! width="80px"| No. of 4ths

! width="150px"| Stakes won

2001/2002

| 291

| 58

| 38

| 31

| 26

| HK$49,397,600

2002/2003

| 468

| 67

| 57

| 53

| 46

| HK$81,745,270

2003/2004

| 550

| 73

| 60

| 53

| 57

| HK$79,294,520

2004/2005

| 467

| 50

| 43

| 45

| 49

| HK$45,646,975

2005/2006

| 552

| 77

| 52

| 47

| 59

| HK$54,658,570

2006/2007

| 369

| 32

| 33

| 24

| 37

| HK$35,122,100

2007/2008

| 402

| 68

| 42

| 28

| 31

| HK$48,516,700

2008/2009

| 456

| 61

| 40

| 42

| 34

| HK$63,405,550

2009/2010

| 483

| 75

| 52

| 51

| 28

| HK$61,630,862

2010/2011

| 459

| 64

| 55

| 35

| 44

| HK$56,703,975

2011/2012

| 516

| 70

| 54

| 57

| 46

| HK$78,102,412

2012/2013

| 463

| 64

| 58

| 42

| 52

| HK$78,475,750

2013/2014

| 589

| 62

| 58

| 45

| 35

| HK$75,660,375

2014/2015

| 477

| 63

| 53

| 44

| 45

| HK$80,242,641

2015/2016

| 461

| 68

| 60

| 54

| 40

| HK$97,917,837

2016/2017

| 541

| 95

| 75

| 50

| 64

| HK$120,752,162

2017/2018

| 508

| 87

| 66

| 50

| 54

| HK$176,441,240

2018/2019

| 529

| 78

| 80

| 54

| 50

| HK$143,413,500

2019/2020

| 542

| 46

| 73

| 51

| 49

| HK$117,372,145

References

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