Frankie Lor Fu Chuen () is a Hong Kong horse racing trainer and former

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Career

As jockey

Lor began his racing career as a jockey. He won 27 races between 1981 and 1995. He became work rider and later assistant to various trainers, among them John Moore and John Size.

As Trainer

Frankie Lor got his licence as a trainer in 2017. The end of his first training season (2017–2018) saw him in second place in the trainer's championship. At 17 March 2019, Lor won the

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with

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and so became the first Chinese trainer to win the Derby since 2001.

References

1966 births Living people Hong Kong jockeys Hong Kong horse trainers {{Horseracing-bio-stub