Lisa Allpress ONZM | |
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Full name | Lisa Joy Allpress |
Occupation | Jockey |
Born | 20th May 1975 (age 49) |
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 20th 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 20th 1975.[1] She was apprenticed to trainer Kevin Gray at Waverley.[2] Her first race ride was on Miss Molly in a maiden at Matamata on 23 October 2002. She recorded her first win the next day on Rosafe at Wanganui.[3] Her first Group Win was on We Can Say It Now in the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham on 4 December 2010.[4] As of March 2022[update], Allpress has also ridden successfully in Singapore (57), Japan (7 wins) and Malaysia (12).[3] Her win in Saudi Arabia was the first by a female jockey.[2]
She won her first New Zealand jockey premiership in 2012, achieving the same result again in 2016, 2019 and 2020.[2] In 2013, she became the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.[5] As of 19th May 2024, she has ridden 1922 winners.[6]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Allpress was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the racing industry.[7]
Allpress married racehorse trainer Karl Allpress in 2002, and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.[2][8]