Australian jockey Chris Munce breaking Mick Dittman's long-standing Brisbane record for wins in a season on Saturday made for an interesting juxtaposition of events over the weekend.
We can still recall Munce's wife, Cathy, in the immediate aftermath of her husband being found guilty in the 'tips for bets' matter and sentenced to prison, screaming across the court at Jockey Club officials that no Australian jockey would ever come to ride in Hong Kong again.
In the heat of that moment, and even upon cooler consideration, she did seem to have a point but the tale of the tape has been quite the opposite and Sunday's Aussie eight-win spree at the Reunification meeting reinforced the point.
It is almost 20 years since Noel Barker was the last Australian to win a jockeys' championship title, which has been South African property ever since and nailed to Douglas Whyte's wall since 2001, but riders from a land down under are looking a more obvious fit than ever for racing here.
The similar style of racing is probably the key to that, with little or no adjustment necessary, unlike jockeys from Europe and Britain, who find it a slightly different kettle of fish racing tight on circular tracks to the wide open spaces they mostly enjoy at home.
While new riding talents are also being produced in other places, there doesn't seem to be so much of that talent waiting in the wings for Hong Kong.