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Licensing Committee’s Decisions

Mon 6th Apr 2020, 09:00

Hong Kong Jockey Club

The Licensing Committee today withdrew the Club Jockey’s Licence previously issued to Grant van Niekerk with immediate effect. This decision was as a result of a conduct-related matter which does not pertain to any race riding or other racing integrity-related matter.

As a result of the Licensing Committee’s decision, the Stewards have approved the following race riding substitutions for the Happy Valley racemeeting to be conducted on Wednesday, 8 April 2020:-

Race 1: V Borges on CENTENARY IBIS

Race 2: K C Leung on ELECTRIC LIGHTNING

Race 4: M F Poon on TRAVEL DATUK

Race 5: Z Purton on YOUNG LEGEND

Race 6: C Schofield on LARSON

Race 8: C Schofield on LOVING A BOOM

Apprentice Jockey Jerry Chau Chun Lok

The Licensing Committee also granted, subject to a satisfactory medical examination, a licence to ride in races to Apprentice Jockey Jerry Chau Chun Lok

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