Silvestre De Sousa and Ryan Moore are two star names added to the Hong Kong jockey roster from next month. Britain's champion De Sousa, who has been riding the New York circuit this winter will begin a three week stint beginning Jan. 9 while Moore has a six week stay planned to kick off Jan. 17. The two additions will help alleviate a current shortage of jockeys in Hong Kong at the moment and Steve Railton, licensing committee secretary for the Hong Kong Jockey Club commented, “Silvestre has very good credentials, some great achievements behind him, he is light and it was a case of when it was a good fit for both him and the club.” De Sousa made a recent winning trip to Hong Kong when riding a winner for Tony Cruz at the International Jockeys Challenge and speaking to the South China Morning Post Railton added, “I spoke to Silvestre when he was here for the IJC and, who knows, maybe the fact he rode a winner that night whetted his appetite. Anyway, he has agreed to drop what he is doing and come here for three weeks, which certainly helps our jockey numbers during January.”
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