BRITISH jockey Richard Quinn was so impressed by his first, brief taste of Hongkong racing last Sunday that he has applied for a one-month licence next winter.
Quinn hardly had a chance to get his bearings over the weekend, flying off after racing at Newbury in England on Friday, and arriving at Kai Tak on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, he rode the disappointing Thourios into eighth place behind Glen Kate in the International Bowl, and Half A Tick into 10th place in Romanee Conti's International Cup . . . and then he was rushing back through the gates at immigration on his wayhome after just 24 hours on Hongkong soil.
And just to prove he was not jet-lagged, after touching down at Heathrow in the early hours on Monday Quinn went straight to Brighton, where he landed a 28-1 double on Shikari's Son and Millsolin.
It seems hard to believe when he insists that jet-lag does not come into his vocabulary, but his Brighton results lend a lot of credence to his claim.
Hongkong became the 23rd different country in which Quinn has ridden when he took part in the International series at Sha Tin last week.
