Kinane to end link with HK

Top international jockey Michael Kinane said yesterday he would not be applying for a further licence to ride in the territory, ending a five-year link with Hong Kong racing.

The Irishman originally planned to end his Hong Kong season on Saturday, but the re-arranged World Cup in Dubai scuppered those plans.

He said: 'I will leave Hong Kong on Wednesday for Dubai and will go on to Ireland from there.' Trainer David Oughton said he was sorry to lose a rider of Kinane's calibre.

'I would love to have had him back, but he has given it a lot of thought and it is his decision,' he said.