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02/09/2025
Group 1 Winner One Day, Marathon Star The Next: Damian Lane Conquers All
Champion jockey Damian Lane hit the Sydney streets only hours after steering Treasurethe Moment to victory in the G1 Memsie Stakes in Melbourne.
Andrew Hawkins
18/05/2025
Home Or Away? Damian Lane Has “Pivotal” Decision To Make
Melbourne’s champion is enjoying his latest JRA stint along with his wife and young son and reckons on a decision “this year or next” about where his future lies.
David Morgan
08/05/2025
Admire Zoom The One To Beat In NHK Mile Cup
Sunday's three-year-old contest at Tokyo features last year’s impressive Asahi Hai Futurity winner, but with a couple of rivals seeking milestones of their own.
Andrew Hawkins
05/05/2025
International Options Aplenty For Redentor After Tenno Sho Success
Damian Lane became the first short-term jockey from abroad to win the Tenno Sho (Spring) since Craig Williams in 2010, as four-year-olds filled the first four placings.
Andrew Hawkins
20/03/2025
Geoglyph, Joliestar, Treasurethe Moment: Lane’s Star-Studded Springboard To Japan
Damian Lane shares his thoughts on some key upcoming Group 1 rides as the Australian prepares for another short-term JRA riding stint, this time with a young family.
Michael Cox
What Are Damian Lane’s Strengths as a jockey?
Damian Lane is the quiet achiever of Australian jockeys: a calm and level-headed professional with global ambitions.
Lane has combined his tidy, compact style with an ice-cool temperament and tactical awareness to become one of his nation’s most accomplished riders.
Versatility is a strength for Lane: he is equally at home on sprinters or stayers, on-pace or back in the field, where his timing and sense of pace come to the fore. What sets Lane apart from some of his contemporaries is his willingness to travel abroad and test himself, especially in Japan, where his quiet off-track demeanour is seen as a positive by connections.
Damian Lane’s Origin Story
Lane is the son of horse trainers Michael and Vickey Lane from Bunbury, 175 kilometres south of Perth in Western Australia.
Lane’s father was a talented rider who won Group 1 races in Western Australia before weight ended his career. It was Michael who guided Lane through the first part of his career, and after starting race riding at 16, he had 100 winners within two years and was bound for Melbourne.
Initially indentured to Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Lane rode 500 winners before he was 21 years of age and soon set his sights on the world.
What is Damian Lane’s Greatest Achievement?
The lucrative Japan Racing Association (JRA) attracts top jockeys from around the world, but Lane’s strike rate in Japan stacks up against all of them.
Lane was the second-fastest jockey in history to reach 100 JRA wins, taking 427 rides, behind only Joao Moreira (294). It could easily be argued that Lane’s achievement was at least as impressive as Moreira’s, given that most of Lane’s wins were achieved during the more competitive parts of the year, while Moreira’s were during the summer months in Sapporo.
Which horse is Damian Lane most famous for riding?
Lane’s exploits in Japan, where he has sought to educate himself on culture and language as well as racing, have gained him rides on some of the country’s best horses when they travel abroad.
Lys Gracieux delivered the jockey a unique Group 1 treble in 2019 when the classy mare won the Takarazuka Kinen, Cox Plate, and Arima Kinen with Lane aboard.
What is Damian Lane’s most memorable ride?
Lys Gracieux’s win in the 2019 Arima Kinen was dominant, but Lane’s ride was one of poise and confidence. Judging the pace and his run to perfection, it was as if Lys Gracieux was launched off the Nakayama turn and into the short home straight from a slingshot, the mare winning by five lengths in a canter.
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Home Or Away? Damian Lane Has A “Pivotal” Decision To Make
【關鍵一年】連達文在日本與墨爾本之間面臨抉擇
日本移籍？オーストラリア残留？ダミアン・レーン騎手に迫る「決断の時」
Melbourne’s champion is enjoying his latest JRA stint along with his wife and young son and reckons on a decision “this year or next” about where his future lies.
這位墨爾本冠軍與其妻及年幼兒子最近一起享受在日本中央競馬會（JRA）上陣，認為將於「今年或明年」決定他們的未來。
妻と幼い息子とともに、春の日本滞在を満喫しているレーン騎手。キャリアの転機となる大きな決断について、「今年か来年には」と独占取材の中で明かしてくれた。
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【全能騎師】連達文攻下一級賽後一日征戰馬拉松
土曜にG1制覇、日曜にマラソンで自己ベスト！ダミアン・レーン騎手が “超人的な” 週末を完走
Champion jockey Damian Lane hit the Sydney streets only hours after steering Treasurethe Moment to victory in the G1 Memsie Stakes in Melbourne.
冠軍騎師連達文在策騎「珍惜當下」於墨爾本贏得一級賽文西錦標後僅數小時，現身悉尼街頭。
トレジャーザモーメントでG1・メムジーSを制覇した翌日、シドニーマラソンを2時間42分49秒で完走。とんでもなくタフな週末を走りきったレーン騎手に話を聞いた。
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Damian Lane, Premiership Winner: But What Does The Future Hold?
【首奪冠軍】連達文充分利用「居家令」 奪冠 但未來計劃又如何？
将来は日本へ？ダミアン・レーン騎手、初のメルボルン地区リーディングジョッキー獲得
With a long sought after premiership on his ‘CV’, the two years of JRA short-term licence eligibility it brings, and a baby on the way with his wife Bonnie, there is a lot going right for Damian Lane. But would he consider a full-time move to Japan?
在他的履歷上增添了久違的冠軍頭銜。連達文的生命中遇到很多美好的事，三度到日本JRA短期客串以及將與妻子Bonnie迎來孩子。但他會考慮搬到日本長駐嗎？
ダミアン・レーン騎手が、自身初となるメルボルン地区のリーディングを獲得した。第一子の誕生を10月に控える中、今夏は札幌のWASJに出場。順風満帆なレーンに、日本移籍の可能性や短期免許での来日予定を聞いた。
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Prognosis Connections ‘Leaning Towards’ Cox Plate With Damian Lane
【提早計劃】幕後傾向將「先見」交由連達文攻覺士盾
プログノーシスの中内田調教師、レーンとのコックスプレート遠征に「前向き」
Melbourne’s champion jockey is in line to partner Prognosis should the Japanese raider tackle the Cox Plate, but there are still hoops to jump through if the horse is to get to Moonee Valley.
如果「先見」選擇出戰這場滿利谷賽事，墨爾本冠軍騎師有望成為此匹日本代表的鞍上人。但「先見」的澳洲征途，仍然障礙重重。
プログノーシスがコックスプレートに遠征する場合、メルボルンのチャンピオンジョッキー、ダミアン・レーン騎手が起用される見込みだ。しかし、ムーニーバレーに辿り着くまでには多くの障壁が存在すると、中内田調教師は明かした。
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