Stats / Trainers / W. Y. So
W. Y. So
Birthday: Dec 10, 1968
Nationality: Hong Kong
Background:
Age: 54. Chris So joined the Hong Kong Jockey Club as a work rider in 1997 and was assistant trainer to Caspar Fownes from 2003 until receiving his own licence ahead of the 2013/14 season. He spent his early career at Woodbine, Canada, his family having emigrated there in the 1990s. He also gained experience with leading overseas trainers John Hawkes in Australia and both Shaun Ritchie and Lance Noble in New Zealand. So made a bright start to his training career and notched 39 wins in his debut season (2013/14). He trained the 2015/16 season's Most Improved Horse, Fabulous One, which gave him another milestone in 2016/17 when racing at the Dubai Carnival to become the handler's first runner abroad. He had his best season to date in 2016/17 with 56 wins, placing him fourth in the trainers' championship. In February 2023 he saddled Super Sunny Sing to win the Hong Kong Classic Cup, which turned out to be the most important victory in his training career so far.
Notable Race Wins Include
Hong Kong Classic Cup (2023 Super Sunny Sing).
Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2023/24 season): 339 (win strike rate: 7.2%).
General Performances
No of wins for season: 29
No of runs for season: 392
Win %: 7.4
No of wins for all weather: 3
No of 2nds for all weather: 1
No of 3rds for all weather: 2
All weather: 41
Total stakes: $38,723,550
Win stakes: $19,754,000
No of 2nds: 32
No of 3rds: 32
Percentage for season: 23.72
Profit/Loss: ($717)
Most Effective Distances
| Year | Happy Valley | Shatin | 1000m-1200m | 1400m-1650m | 1800m-2000m | 2000m+ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 24 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 153 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 239 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 180 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Performance
| Distance | Win | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total Ride | Win% | ||
| Happy Valley | 1000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1200 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 66 | 7.58 | ||
| 1650 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 51 | 5.88 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2200 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Shatin | All weather | 1200 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 8.7 |
| 1650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16.67 | ||
| Turf | 1000 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 8 | |
| 1200 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 51 | 3.92 | ||
| 1400 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 60 | 8.33 | ||
| 1600 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 13.79 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21.43 | ||
| 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Odds of Runners
| Draw Year | <4 | 4-10 | 10-20 | 20+ | ||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 102 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 115 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 157 |
Draw Statistic
| Draw Year | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-14 | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 24 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 172 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 61 |
Trainer Partnerships
| Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total |
| K. De. Melo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 55 |
| M. L. Yeung | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 39 |
| A. Badel | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| K. Teetan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 31 |
| L. Hewitson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 29 |
| H. Bentley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| A. Atzeni | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 32 |
| B. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| C. L. Chau | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19 |
| C. Y. Ho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| M. Chadwick | 1 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 51 |
| Z. Purton | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 |
| A. Hamelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Avdulla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Lane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| E. C. W. Wong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| H. Bowman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| H. T. Mo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. McDonald | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| K. C. Leung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| K. H. Chan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| L. Ferraris | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| M. F. Poon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Y. L. Chung | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
