Caspar Fownes
Age: 58
Background:
Caspar Fownes assisted his late father Lawrie for several seasons before gaining his licence in 2003/04. He eclipsed his father’s best season stats in his rookie year with 44 wins. In 2006/07 he won his first championship and has since added three more. Fownes claimed a fourth title in 2020/21 with an unrivalled 79 wins which included a second Hong Kong Derby triumph. He saddled his second Hong Kong Sprint winner Sky Field in 2021, and he also scored a trio of Group 3 triumphs with Zebrowski and Senor Toba that same season. Fownes is renowned for his fine record at Happy Valley, where he has notched 628 career wins – the most in history since Hong Kong’s professional era of racing began in 1971/72 – earning him the moniker as ‘King of the Valley’. His previous best performers from his stable are Lucky Nine, The Duke, Super Satin, Green Birdie and Southern Legend, among others. Fownes has five top-level wins in Singapore, while he is only the fourth horseman in Hong Kong racing history to surpass 1,000 training wins.
Achievements:
Hong Kong Champion Trainer (2006/07, 2008/09, 2013/14 & 2020/21).
Notable Wins Include:
Hong Kong Derby (2010 Super Satin, 2021 Sky Darci), Hong Kong Mile (2006 The Duke), Hong Kong Sprint (2011 Lucky Nine, 2021 Sky Field), Champions Mile (2020 Southern Legend), Chairman’s Sprint Prize (2013 & 2014 Lucky Nine), Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (2012 Lucky Nine), Hong Kong Classic Mile (2011 Lucky Nine), KrisFlyer International Sprint (2010 Green Birdie, 2013 & 2014 Lucky Nine), SIN G1 Kranji Mile (2018 & 2019 Southern Legend), G2 Jockey Club Cup (2023 Straight Arron), G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2022 Senor Toba, 2023 Straight Arron), G3 Centenary Vase (2022 Zebrowski, 2023 Senor Toba), G3 January Cup (2022 Zebrowski), G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (2021 Explosive Witness), G3 Lion Rock Trophy (2021 Sky Darci), G3 Premier Cup (2021 Sky Field), G3 Premier Plate (2021 Southern Legend).
Hong Kong Career Wins (at start of 2025/26 season):
1,166 (win strike rate: 9.6%).

24/25 Season
Stakes won : $79,446,530 No. of Wins : 52 Total Runners : 522
No. of 2nds : 45 Win % : 9.96%
No. of 3rds : 50
No. of 4ths : 56

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