Mauritian rider Karis Teetan was a fixture in the top 10 of the South African Jockeys’ Championship when he left for Hong Kong in August, 2013. He entered the South African Jockey Academy at the age of 14 and was crowned South Africa Champion Apprentice in 2008. He graduated in 2009 with 147 wins to his name. He surpassed 100 wins in every season as a senior jockey in South Africa. His first top-level success came in his native Mauritius on 24 November, 2008, aboard Halo Hunter. Teetan represented South Africa in the 2012 International Jockeys’ Invitational in Seoul, South Korea, and in the 2008 Macau Apprentice Jockeys Invitation Races. He notched an impressive 50 wins in his first Hong Kong season and has continued to build on that good start. He finished third in the 2017/18 championship with 52 wins, including three Group 3 triumphs. He topped that in 2018/19 with 84 wins, securing his first Hong Kong Group 1 success aboard Mr Stunning in the Hong Kong Sprint. He bettered that again in 2019/20 with a personal best 93 wins, cementing third place in the championship. He was reunited with Mr Stunning for a surprise victory in the 2020 Chairman’s Sprint Prize. Teetan enjoyed further success in 2021/22, finishing third in the jockeys’ championship with 73 wins. In 2023/24, Teetan finished runner-up in the jockeys’ championship for the first time with 86 wins, including Group 3 wins aboard Ka Ying Rising in the Sha Tin Vase and Mugen in the Premier Cup. He reached 700 Hong Kong career wins in 2024/25, a season in which he also added another Group 1 success to his tally aboard Ka Ying Rising in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup.
