Boss and Purton to Hong Kong
1 Jun 2007
By Rob Burnet www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz Sydney will lose two senior jockeys with the Hong Kong Jockey Club granting Glen Boss and Zac Purton licences to ride in Hong Kong from July 3rd until January 28th, 2008.
In a decision announced on Friday the Hong Kong Jockey Club confirmed full seasons licences for Shane Dye, Danny Nikolic and Brett Prebble. All three jockeys are presently riding in Hong Kong.
Boss,38, as previously ridden in Hong Kong at various times between 1996 and 2000 as well as representing Australia in the 2005 International Jockeys Championship in which he finished runner-up after winning a leg of the Championship on Harry Harry. He has ridden 46 winners in Hong Kong.
Purton, 24, was a highly successful apprentice who won the Brisbane senior jockey's premiership in 2003 as an Apprentice Jockey. In July 2005 he transferred to Sydney and in his first season of riding there finished 2nd on the Jockeys Premiership with 72 winners.
The Club also licenced South African jockey Kevin Shea, 43, for the same period. Shea was the stable jockey for now Randwick based David Payne, when he was training in South Africa, a position he held until 2000. Since that time Shea has been largely attached to prominent trainer Mike de Kock's stable.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club licensing committee decisions issued on Friday:
LICENSING COMMITTEE DECISIONS1 June 2007
The following is a summary of decisions that were made by the Licensing Committee at their meeting held earlier today:-
1. The Committee called Freelance Jockey Alex Yu Kin Shing to show cause why his application for a Freelance Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season ought to be granted. Consideration was given to verbal and written submissions tendered by Jockey Yu together with his race riding performance and disciplinary records. The Committee deliberated on this matter and having taken full account of all the evidence and submissions before them, decided that Alex Yu had failed to show cause why his application for a Freelance Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season ought to be granted. Accordingly, his application for a Freelance Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season was refused. He was advised of his right of appeal to the Stewards of the Jockey Club against this decision of the Licensing Committee.
2. The Committee agreed to grant, subject to a satisfactory medical examination, an Apprentice Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season to each of the currently licensed Apprentice Jockeys listed below:-
Marco K L CHUI (allocated trainer: David Ferraris)
Alex H W LAI (allocated trainer: Peter L Ho)
Terry C W WONG (allocated trainer: Dennis C H Yip)
Thomas K T YEUNG (allocated trainer: Tony Millard)
3. The Committee:-
3.1 agreed to grant, subject to a satisfactory medical examination, a Freelance Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season to each of the currently licensed Freelance Jockeys listed below:-
Howard Y T CHENG
Eddy W M LAI
Way M W LEUNG
Paul P H LO
Vincent S K SIT
Jacky C K TONG
Simon H K YIM
3.2 directed Management to advise Paul P H Lo in writing that his race riding performance during the current 2006/2007 racing season has not been satisfactory and his performance during the 2007/2008 racing season will be closely monitored and will be the subject of a mid-season review. Should his performance not improve significantly during the period under review, consideration will be given to requiring him to show cause why his Freelance Jockey's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season ought to continue.
3.3 directed Management to inform Way M W Leung in writing that his race riding performance during the current racing season is of concern and that his race riding performance during the 2007/2008 racing season will be closely monitored.
4. The Committee agreed to stay the approval previously granted to Trainer John Moore to retain a jockey for the commencement of the 2007/2008 racing season.
5. The Committee agreed to grant, subject to a satisfactory medical examination and an undertaking to arrive in Hong Kong by no later than two weeks prior to the first race meeting of the 2007/2008 racing season, a Club Jockey's Licence to each of the jockeys listed below for the specified period:-
Full Season Club Jockeys' LicencesFelix Coetzee
Anthony Delpech
Olivier Doleuze
Shane Dye
Gerard Mosse
Daniel Nikolic
Manoel Nunes
Brett Prebble
Eric Saint-Martin
Douglas Whyte
Part Season Club Jockeys' Licences (3 July 2007 until 27 January 2008, both dates inclusive):-Glen Boss
Zac Purton
Kevin Shea
6. The Committee:-
6.1 agreed to grant an Assistant Trainer's Licence for the 2007/2008 racing season to each of the currently licensed Assistant Trainers listed below:-
Assistant Trainer
Allocated Stable in 2007/2008Talley C C Chan
Almond Lee
Harry F S Cheung
Alex Y O Wong
Henry K F Cheung
Peter B K Ng
Ricky C K Chow
Manfred K L Man
Ricky C K Chung
Andreas Schˆ¢tz
Johnny K S Ho
Paul O'Sullivan
Larry Y W Ho
Me Y S Tsui
Little K H Hung
Andy T W Leung
Danny W P Hung
Anthony Cruz
Leo W K Ip
Francis K W Lui
Eric K H Kwan
Derek Cruz
Steve S W Lee
Dennis C H Yip
Frankie F C Lor
John Moore
Robert C M Mak
Peter L Ho
Chris W Y So
Caspar Fownes
Joe L K Tai
David Ferraris
Jimmy K H Ting
Michael C W Chang
Martin C K Tsang
Sean Woods
Raymond K L Tsui
Anthony Millard
Edwin S F Wong
Ricky P F Yiu
Francis T S Wong
David Hall
Ricky W C Yeung
Gary T K Ng
Kevin K K Yun
Danny C S Shum
Benno T P Yung
John Size
6.2 agreed to grant an Assistant Trainer II Licence to Daniel Lee for the 2007/2008 racing season, allocated to Trainer Almond Lee.
6.3 directed Management to advise Daniel Lee in writing that a further Assistant Trainer II Licence will not be granted beyond the expiration of the licence for the 2007/2008 racing season.
