After an unusually quiet opening stanza, stipendiary stewards are starting to get their eye in and two more jockeys felt their wrath for causing interference at the idiosyncratic Valley circuit.
Howard Cheng Yue-tin, who emerged from the afternoon with a double and second spot on the jockeys' table, also scored his first suspension for the term for causing interference at the top of the straight in his race one victory on Brown Beauty.
Cheng pleaded guilty to the careless riding charge for a shift that saw Classic King (Eddie Lai Wai-ming) checked and was suspended for two days, with the stretch to take effect after Sha Tin on Sunday.
Marco Chui Kwan-lai was carpeted for his ride on the John Size-trained My Home Town in the Police Cup (race 10). In attempting to push the chestnut through a gap in the home straight, Chui caused severe interference to Olivier Doleuze on Bear Macho.
Chui was suspended for two days but was also fined HK$15,000, as stewards deemed the degree of interference to Bear Macho as 'significantly more severe'.
Terry Wong Chi-wai caused interference when making his winning run on Rocket And Gold in the Lockhart Handicap but escaped with a severe reprimand.