Moore among six overseas riders granted licences in aftermath of Sha Tin fall
by Jay Rooney on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 6:31 PM Jockey Ryan Moore. Photo: Kenneth Chan
British champion Ryan Moore headlines a group of six jockeys bound for Hong Kong to help fill the void left by the four riders injured in Sha Tin falls last Sunday.
The Jockey Club announced on Wednesday that Moore, Richard Kingscote, Declan McDonogh and Australian James Orman will join Tom Marquand and Hollie Doyle as short-term additions to the riding roster.
Moore, a two-time winner of the Longines International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) and dual Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) victor, will ride at Happy Valley meetings on February 26 and March 5 as well as the Classic Cup (1,800m) card at Sha Tin on March 2.
Kingscote and Orman will make their Hong Kong debuts when they take up short-term contracts from February 19 to April 2. — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) February 12, 2025
Kingscote, 38, is a multiple Group One winner in Britain and Ireland and his international experience includes a stint in Japan last year.
Orman, 27, has won multiple Brisbane premierships and has also had success in two Dubai stints.
Irishman McDonogh, 45, will ride in Hong Kong from February 23 to April 2. He has experience in the city, having competed in the IJC in 2006 and ridden Mustameet in the Group One Hong Kong Mile the same year.
Marquand and Doyle will ride at Sha Tin on Sunday and the Valley next Wednesday.
Zac Purton, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu, Angus Chung Yik-lai and Keith Yeung Ming-lun were all ruled out for multiple weeks after last Sunday's chaotic afternoon at Sha Tin.
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