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Perfect start and finish for Whyte

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TOP South African jockey Douglas Whyte kept the pressure on the premiership leaders by book-ending last night's Sha Tin meeting.

Whyte (47 winners) moved to a share of third on the jockeys' table when scoring aboard Trillion Win in the griffin opener and then completed the job when Telecom Chief arrived late and wide in the Class Two finale.

Telecom Chief also gave long-serving local mentor Alex Wong Yu-on a winning double of his own, after he'd scored with Tim's Dragon earlier on the card.

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Whyte and compatriot Robbie Fradd, who also hit pay dirt when Winning Luck won the Class Six mile, are now just five winners adrift of defending champion Basil Marcus.

Eric Saint-Martin, who went home empty-handed last night, holds down second spot with 48 successes.

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Marcus worked his magic with Tim's Dragon, who had not won in 18 previous outings. He rode a peach of race to just hold on from the fast-finishing Pretty Baby (13-1).

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