Damian Lane
Australian jockey (born 1994)
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Damian Mitchell Lane (born 6 February 1994) is an Australian jockey based in Victoria.
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 early January 2026, he has ridden 1,601 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
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- Australian Cup - (1) - Humidor (2017)
- Australian Derby - (2) - Jon Snow (2017), Aeliana (2025)
- Australian Oaks - (3) - El Patroness (2022), Pennyweka (2023), Treasurethe Moment (2025)
- C F Orr Stakes - (1) - Jacquinot (2023)
- Caulfield Cup - (1) - Mer De Glace (2019)
- Caulfield Guineas - (2) - Private Life (2024), Autumn Boy (2025)
- Champagne Stakes - (1) - The Mission (2017)
- Futurity Stakes - (1) - Probabeel (2021)
- Golden Rose Stakes - (1) - Jacquinot (2022)
- Golden Slipper Stakes - (2) - Kiamichi (2019), Marhoona (2025)
- Makybe Diva Stakes - (1) - Humidor (2017)
- Memsie Stakes - (2) - Humidor (2018), Treasurethe Moment (2025)
- Moir Stakes - (1) - Pippie (2020)
- Kennedy Oaks - (1) - Aristia (2018)
- Kingston Town Classic - (1) - Stratum Star (2016)
- Newmarket Handicap - (1) - Joliestar (2025)
- Oakleigh Plate - (1) - Flamberge (2016)
- Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes - (1) - Trust In A Gust (2014)
- Sires' Produce Stakes - (1) - El Dorado Dreaming (2018)
- South Australian Derby - (1) - Leicester (2018)
- Toorak Handicap - (2) - Tosen Stardom (2017), Land Of Plenty (2018)
- Turnbull Stakes - (1) - Via Sistina (2024)
- Vinery Stud Stakes - (1) - Treasurethe Moment (2025)
- VRC Champions Mile - (1) - Yulong Prince (2020)
- VRC Champions Stakes - (1) - Tosen Stardom (2017)
- VRC Oaks - (1) - Treasurethe Moment (2024)
- W. S. Cox Plate - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)
- Hong Kong Vase - (1) - Win Marilyn (2022)
- Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Tastiera (2025)
- Arima Kinen - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)
- Mile Championship - (1) - Serifos (2022)
- Takarazuka Kinen - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)
- Teio Sho - (1) - Omega Perfume (2019)
- Tenno Sho (Spring) - (1) - Redentor (2025)
- Japanese Derby - (1) - Tastiera (2023)
- Victoria Mile - (1) - Normcore (2019)