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|full_name = Lisa Joy Allpress
|birth_date = May 20, 1975 (age 49)
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'''Lisa Joy Allpress''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (née '''Mumby'''; born May 20, 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 20, 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=26 October 2020 |title=NZ champion Lisa Allpress back with a winner after hip replacement |url=http://horseracingplanet.com/2020/10/26/nz-champion-lisa-allpress-back-with-a-winner-after-hip-replacement/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Horse Racing Planet |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was apprenticed to trainer Kevin Gray at Waverley.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Knowler |first=Richard |date=23 December 2021 |title=Veteran jockey Lisa Allpress, queen of the New Zealand racing scene |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300472496/veteran-jockey-lisa-allpress-queen-of-the-new-zealand-racing-scene |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Whanganui|Wanganui]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Lisa Allpress |url=https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/jockey/lisa-allpress/9438 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Racing and Sports}}</ref> Her first Group Win was on We Can Say It Now in the [[Captain Cook Stakes]] at [[Trentham, New Zealand|Trentham]] on 4 December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We Can Say It Now – Thoroughbred Horse Profile |url=https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/horse/we-can-say-it-now/558760 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Racing and Sports}}</ref> {{As of|2022|March}}, Allpress has also ridden successfully in Singapore (57), Japan (7 wins) and Malaysia (12).<ref name=":1" /> Her win in Saudi Arabia was the first by a female jockey.<ref name=":0" />
{{Infobox horseracing personality|name=Lisa Allpress|honorific suffix={{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100}}|birth_date={{Birth based on age as of date|45|2020|10|26|df=y}}|career wins=1744 ({{As of|2022|March}})|occupation=Jockey|awards=New Zealand jockey premiership (2012, 2016, 2019 and 2020)}}


She won her first New Zealand jockey premiership in 2012, achieving the same result again in 2016, 2019 and 2020.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, she became the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2020 |title=Lisa Allpress thought she was in trouble when New Year Honour arrived |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/433862/lisa-allpress-thought-she-was-in-trouble-when-new-year-honour-arrived |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Radio New Zealand |language=en-nz}}</ref> As of 19th May 2024, she has ridden 1922 winners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jockeys With More Than 100 New Zealand Wins |url=http://www.racebase.co.nz/jockwins.htm |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=www.racebase.co.nz}}</ref>
'''Lisa Joy Allpress''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born 1974 or 1975) is a New Zealand jockey. She was the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.{{As of|2022|March}}


In the [[2021 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2021 New Year Honours]], Allpress was appointed an [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to the racing industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Year Honours: The full list of 2021 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-year-honours-the-full-list-of-2021/KCBASRIAP7QOCGRPTSBYNMBUEY/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
Allpress was born in 1974 or 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-10-26 |title=NZ champion Lisa Allpress back with a winner after hip replacement |url=http://horseracingplanet.com/2020/10/26/nz-champion-lisa-allpress-back-with-a-winner-after-hip-replacement/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Horse Racing Planet |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was apprenticed to trainer Kevin Gray at Waverley.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Knowler |first=Richard |date=2021-12-23 |title=Veteran jockey Lisa Allpress, queen of the New Zealand racing scene |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300472496/veteran-jockey-lisa-allpress-queen-of-the-new-zealand-racing-scene |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Whanganui|Wanganui]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Lisa Allpress |url=https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/jockey/lisa-allpress/9438 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Racing and Sports}}</ref> Her first Group Win was on We Can Say It Now in the Captain Cook Stakes at [[Trentham, New Zealand|Trentham]] on 4 December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We Can Say It Now – Thoroughbred Horse Profile |url=https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/horse/we-can-say-it-now/558760 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Racing and Sports}}</ref> {{As of|2022|March}}, Allpress has also ridden successfully in Singapore (57), Japan (7 wins) and Malaysia (12).<ref name=":1" /> Her win in Saudi Arabia was the first by a female jockey.<ref name=":0" />

She won her first New Zealand jockey premiership in 2012, achieving the same result again in 2016, 2019 and 2020.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013 she became the first female jockey in New Zealand to reach 1000 wins.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-31 |title=Lisa Allpress thought she was in trouble when New Year Honour arrived |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/433862/lisa-allpress-thought-she-was-in-trouble-when-new-year-honour-arrived |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Radio New Zealand |language=en-nz}}</ref> As of 2 March 2022, she had ridden 1744 winners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jockeys With More Than 100 New Zealand Wins |url=http://www.racebase.co.nz/jockwins.htm |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.racebase.co.nz}}</ref>

In the [[2021 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2021 New Year Honours]] Allpress was appointed an [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] in recognition of her contribution to the racing industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Year Honours: The full list of 2021 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-year-honours-the-full-list-of-2021/KCBASRIAP7QOCGRPTSBYNMBUEY/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>


== Personal ==
== Personal ==
Allpress is married to Karl Allpress and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.<ref name=":0" />
Allpress married racehorse trainer Karl Allpress in 2002, and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/News/Story/6374 |title=Wedding bells ring for Karl and Lisa |first=Dennis |last=Ryan |date=10 October 2002 |work=ThoroughbredNews |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>


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Revision as of 06:14, 25 June 2024

Lisa Allpress
ONZM
Allpress in 2021
Full nameLisa Joy Allpress
OccupationJockey
BornMay 20, 1975 (age 49)
Career wins1922 (as of May 2024)
Racing awards
New Zealand jockey premiership (2012, 2016, 2019 and 2020)

Lisa Joy Allpress ONZM (née Mumby; born May 20, 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 20, 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, 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]

Personal

Allpress married racehorse trainer Karl Allpress in 2002, and they live on a farm at Whanganui with their two sons.[2][8]

References

  1. ^ "NZ champion Lisa Allpress back with a winner after hip replacement". Horse Racing Planet. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Knowler, Richard (23 December 2021). "Veteran jockey Lisa Allpress, queen of the New Zealand racing scene". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Lisa Allpress". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. ^ "We Can Say It Now – Thoroughbred Horse Profile". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Lisa Allpress thought she was in trouble when New Year Honour arrived". Radio New Zealand. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Jockeys With More Than 100 New Zealand Wins". www.racebase.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. ^ "New Year Honours: The full list of 2021". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. ^ Ryan, Dennis (10 October 2002). "Wedding bells ring for Karl and Lisa". ThoroughbredNews. Retrieved 7 January 2022.