Former multiple-champion jockey Gary Moore is bidding to break back into Hong Kong racing as a trainer's assistant to his Sha Tin-based brother, John Moore.
The latest bombshell comes on the heels of the 45-year-old Australian's shock decision to quit the saddle after Sunday's meeting at Taipa in Macau.
But the decision was a vital part of the plan of John Moore, narrowly beaten for this year's Hong Kong premiership, to have his younger brother on his team next season.
John Moore has applied to have Gary in the same role that he filled with father George Moore during the latter's decade-long rule as Hong Kong's champion trainer.
From Macau, Gary said: 'This has come about because John wanted me to be with him in the stable. He said it was getting that much harder in Hong Kong and he really wanted family around him - and someone who could clearly be a help to him and the stable.
'If the move is approved, then I would be employed by John Moore direct - just as he was by dad before and, I understand, as Caspar Fownes is by Lawrie at the moment.