Hugh Bowman

Hugh Bowman
Hugh Bowman
	Bowman's trademark "She's Apples" celebration after winning the 2017 Japan Cup aboard Cheval Grand
Occupation	Jockey
Born	14 July 1980; Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia
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

James Hugh Bowman 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”.

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