ANGRY Australian jockey Gary Palmer ended his Taipa career yesterday with a bitter broadside against the Macau Jockey Club (MJC) which has prevented him riding there in the past 10 days and failed to pay him compensation for an injury sustained in January.
Palmer flew back to Brisbane where he will have six rides at the Gold Coast tomorrow and another six at Eagle Farm on Monday - despite the fact that he was refused permission to ride at the last three Taipa meetings on medical grounds.
The 36-year-old rider is taking his case to the Asian Racing Conference (ARC) whose secretary, Jamie Barber, is in Hongkong.
Palmer is prepared to fly back from Australia to have his financial problems with the MJC sorted out by the ARC.
Palmer, a former Queensland champion, a five-year veteran of Hongkong and one of the most talented Taipa riders, said last night: ''I am finished with Macau. I have picked up my clearance and am going home.
''What has happened in the last week has completely soured me. I had an accident on January 2, went home to have the best treatment probably available in Australia and then came back to get on with my job.