He received a late call up to Hong Kong when fellow apprentice Gary Lo made a stuttering start-screech-stop Hello to Hong Kong by having his license revoked before he had even ridden in the city. Jerry Chau Chun-lok was then indentured to the stable of tough taskmaster Douglas Whyte and enjoyed immediate success. Things were humming along nicely until that bromance hit a few bumps along the road and Trainer and jockey went their separate ways. These days Whyte seems to have f

It’s always been about timing. And karma. So when Australian Zac Purton returned to his home in Sydney late last week after a rollercoaster week in Hong Kong where the champion rider was hit with two separate fines totalling HK$200,000- chump change to him- for apparently breaking two of The Rules Of Racing, one just knew something of a game changing nature was going to happen. Zac was probably singing, “What’s it all about, Alfie?” regarding his time in Hong Kong while plann

He’s easing himself into his new career as a mentor for leading Queensland-based jockey Angela Jones, below, and news this week of another up and coming talent being added to his roster- Melea Castle. Putting aside his successful double bypass heart surgery around a month ago that called time on Robbie Fradd’s career in the saddle, it was very probably his body telling the world class rider who’s enjoyed great international success to face the question, What now? Leading Trai