Happy Lucky Dragon Win | Are stewards rule enforcers or riding instructors?
On Wednesday the stewards’ focus fell on the riding of Gerald Mosse: he was fined heavily for dropping his hands on a beaten runner, but before that, he received a severe reprimand for being stuck three-deep, no cover on a favourite.

On Wednesday the stewards’ focus fell on the riding of Gerald Mosse: he was fined heavily for dropping his hands on a beaten runner, but before that he received a severe reprimand for being stuck three-deep, no cover on a favourite. But where is the line between rule enforcer and riding instructor for stipes?
The jockey of every horse should take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race to ensure that his horse is given a full opportunity to win or obtain the best possible placing in the field
And there probably would have been HK$30,000 in the ashtray of Mosse’s Bentley that would have taken care of the fine, but what there might be more issue with is the instructive feedback from stewards given to Mosse and Keith Yeung Ming-lun earlier in the night.
Rule 99 (2) states: “The jockey of every horse should take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race to ensure that his horse is given a full opportunity to win or obtain the best possible placing in the field.”
It’s a rule that is open to interpretations as there are plenty of “bad” rides at racecourses every day – and there were plenty of punters cursing Mosse’s Chinese name when he got posted and finished 10th as 3.1 favourite.