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Damian Lane

Damian Lane
Lane after winning the 2023 Japanese Derby
OccupationJockey
Born (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)
Bunbury, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]

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.[2] He grew up around horses,[2] 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 mid-September 2024, he has ridden 1,514 winners, including 31 in Group One races.[3][4][5]

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,[2] 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.[6]

Lane returned to Japan in 2022 where he marked his 100th Japanese race win on June 19 with Rain From Heaven.[7] In 2023, he won the Japanese Derby with Tastiera, making him the first jockey from the Southern Hemisphere to win a Japanese classic race.[8]

Major wins

Lane and Lys Gracieux winning the 60th Takarazuka Kinen (2019)

 Australia


 Hong Kong


 Japan


References

  1. ^ a b "D.レーン". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Net Dreamers. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Hiramatsu, Satoshi (14 May 2019). "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". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Damian Lane". Racing.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Damian Lane". Racenet. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Damian Lane". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Damian Lane back for more spring success". Just Horse Racing. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. ^ "レーン JRA通算100勝達成 「日本での騎乗、とても楽しみに」". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ "【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". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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