Hugh Bowman
Bowman's trademark "She's Apples" celebration after winning the 2017 Japan Cup aboard Cheval Grand | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1980 Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Major racing wins | |
| Doomben Cup (2004) Cox Plate (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Queensland Oaks (2005, 2015) Epsom Handicap (2015, 2018) Chipping Norton Stakes (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Doncaster Mile (2016) George Ryder Stakes (2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) George Main Stakes (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018) Australian Oaks (ATC) (2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018) Hong Kong Derby (2016, 2019) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2016) Turnbull Stakes (2015, 2017, 2018) Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019) H E Tancred Stakes (The BMW) (2013, 2016, 2017) Hong Kong Gold Cup (2017) Japan Cup (2017) Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup (2017, 2023) Winx Stakes (Warwick Stakes) (2016, 2017, 2018) Champagne Stakes (ATC) (2008, 2015, 2020) Sires' Produce Stakes (ATC) (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) Golden Slipper (2020) | |
| Racing awards | |
| Longines World's Best Jockey (2017) NSW Metropolitan Jockey Premiership (2008/09, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2016/17) Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle (2007) | |
| Honours | |
| Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2019) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Winx, Cheval Grand, Werther, Samantha Miss, Exceed and Excel | |
| Updated on 9 April 2019 | |
James Hugh Bowman (born 14 July 1980) is an Australian thoroughbred racing jockey. Based in Sydney, Bowman has won the New South Wales Metropolitan Jockey Premiership four times (2008/09, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2016/17) and has ridden 100 Group 1 winners. He was the jockey for Australian champion mare Winx from 2014 through to her retirement in 2019. In 2017, Bowman won the Longines World’s Best Jockey award presented by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. The award capped off a year in which he added to his domestic success with international Group 1 wins in Hong Kong and Japan. In 2019, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, the industry’s highest accolade. Bowman is also renowned for his “She’s Apples” winning salute and his nickname of “the Undisputed Group 1 King”.