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https://scmp.com/article/733036/lucky-whyte-picks-birdie-rideLucky Whyte picks up Birdie ride
Champion jockey Douglas Whyte will take over as an eleventh-hour replacement on KrisFlyer Sprint winner Green Birdie in the HK$14 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint after Mark Du Plessis was injured in a fall in New Zealand yesterday.
Du Plessis was involved in a two-horse fall in a NZ$6,000 (HK$35,000) race at Tauranga and left the track in an ambulance, with initial reports indicating possible back injuries.