Damian Lane

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Damian Lane
Damian Lane 2023 Japanese Derby.jpg
Lane after winning the 2023 Japanese Derby
Occupation Jockey
Born (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 31)
Bunbury, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb) [1]

Damian Lane (born 6 February 1994) is an Australian jockey based in Victoria.

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Lane was born in Bunbury in Western Australia to Michael and Vickey Lane, who were both horse trainers. [2] He grew up around horses, [2] and began his career in Western Australia in 2009, and later moved to Victoria. His first Group One winner was Trust In A Gust in the 2014 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. As of late March 2025, he has ridden 1,580 winners, including 36 in Group One races. [3] [4] [5]

Lane spent three months in Japan from April to July 2019, riding 37 winners, including his first Japanese Grade 1 victory at the Victoria Mile with Normcore, [2] and spent another three months there between April and July 2020, riding 41 winners. In 2019 in the Melbourne spring racing carnival he rode the Japanese-trained horses Mer De Glace and Lys Gracieux in their respective Caulfield Cup and W. S. Cox Plate wins. [6]

Lane returned to Japan in 2022 where he marked his 100th Japanese race win on June 19 with Rain From Heaven. [7] In 2023, he won the Japanese Derby with Tastiera, making him the first jockey from the Southern Hemisphere to win a Japanese classic race. [8]

Major wins

Lane and Lys Gracieux winning the 60th Takarazuka Kinen (2019) Lys gracieux(JPN) IMG 1664-2 20190623.jpg
Lane and Lys Gracieux winning the 60th Takarazuka Kinen (2019)

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References

  1. 1 2 "D.レーン". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Net Dreamers. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Hiramatsu, Satoshi (14 May 2019). "2年前にインタビューしたダミアン・レーン騎手が大旋風!! 彼はいったいどんな男なのか?!(平松さとし) - 個人". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. "Damian Lane". Racing.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  4. "Damian Lane". Racenet. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. "Damian Lane". Racing and Sports. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  6. "Damian Lane back for more spring success". Just Horse Racing. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  7. "レーン JRA通算100勝達成 「日本での騎乗、とても楽しみに」". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. "【ダービー】タスティエーラが激戦制す レーン騎手「スペシャルです」69年ぶりテン乗り騎手V - 3歳馬特集". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.