Chris Munce

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Chris Munce

Occupation:	Jockey
Birthplace:	Casino, NSW, Australia
Birth date:	May 17, 1969
Career wins:	Not found
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Epsom Handicap (1995, 1997) Goodwood Handicap (1996) AJC Metropolitan Handicap (1996, 2000) Stradbroke Handicap (1997, 2000) Doomben 10,000 (1997) Melbourne Cup (1998) Golden Slipper Stakes (1998, 2004) Doncaster Handicap (2001) AJC Sires Produce Stakes (2004) Spring Champion Stakes (2004) Champagne Stakes (2004) Cox Plate (2004) Salinger Stakes (2006) LKS MacKinnon Stakes (2006)
Significant Horses
Assertive Lad, Iron Horse, Jezabeel, Rum, Savabeel, Dance Hero, Shower Of Roses, Desert War

Chris Munce (born May 17, 1969 in Casino, New South Wales, Australia) is a highly successful Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was convicted in Hong Kong on March 1, 2007 of taking bribes in exchange for racing tips.

Originally a Queensland jockey, Munce shares stable jockey duties with Danny Beasley for Gai Waterhouse Racing. During his career Chris Munce has won thirty-five Group I conditions races including Australia's most prestigious races, the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Munce was arrested by anti-corruption police in July of 2006 with $HK250,000 stuffed into his jeans pockets along with a sheet of paper containing notations allegedly relating to wagers on horse races he had tipped. The charges against him related to actions by Munce while he was racing in Hong Kong which claimed he provided tips to local businessman Andy Lau between December of 2005 and May 2006.

Sentenced to thirty months in prison, lawyers for Chris Munce have stated that their client will appeal the verdict and apply for bail pending the results of an appeal hearing.

On September 1, 2007, Munce will return to Australia to serve the remainder of his sentence for taking payoffs for racing tips, as the Hong Kong and Australian federal and New South Wales state governments ruled that Munce be detained in minimum-security prison in Sydney.^[1]