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Double joy as Yu continues to make all the right moves

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Talented apprentice Alex Yu had his allowance cut to five pounds after booting home a heavily backed, 61-1 double at last night's Happy Valley meeting.

Yu scored both his wins for his new mentor, Wong Tang-ping, and he couldn't have done it in more contrasting fashion.

The youngster made all in the fifth on Wong's habitual front-runner, Treasure, and then came from almost last on Full Speed Ahead in the final event.

Treasure was backed down to 6.4-1, having opened the night at around the 11-1 mark, while Full Speed Ahead paid 9.6-1 after an early evening show of 16-1.

Yu has recently moved to Wong after his original master, Stephen Leung, had his licence suspended in the wake of the ICAC raids on racing personalities and alleged illegal bookmakers.

'He's a good boy and I thought he rode those two winners with plenty of commonsense,' said Wong after racing.

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