A talented New Zealand player has lost his life. His age was only 35 years. He won more than a thousand races in his career but now he is no more in this world. We are talking about New Zealand's star horse rider Jonathan Parks who has died suddenly. How Jonathan Parks died has not been revealed, but his family and fans are shocked and saddened by this incident. Jonathan Parks died on October 18. He took part in the last race of his career on 7 September. This race took place at Hastings Race Course in New Zealand.
Jonathan Parks was born in 1989 in Whanganui, New Zealand. This player made his racing debut in the year 2004 and got his first win just two days after his debut. Jonathan Parks' racing career spanned more than 20 years and this player won a total of 1043 races. The big thing is that this player won approximately 20 million Australian dollars in his career, which is more than Rs 112 crore in Indian currency.
Jonathan Parks never achieved the first ranking but he reached second place in the New Zealand Jockey Premiership Rankings twice in his career. In 2013-14, Jonathan Parks ran 657 races, out of which he was at number 1 position 118 times, he was second 87 times and he was third in 72 races. He won the Livamol Classic and thus his ranking reached 2.
In the year 2018-19 also, Jonathan Parks achieved second rank. This player ran a total of 601 races this season and won 118 of them. He stood second in 78 and third in 56. This year he did 7 rides in which he did not get even a single victory. He stood second once and third once. Then suddenly he died on 18 October.
