HONG KONG'S 24 licensed trainers voted enthusiastically to accept the Jockey Club's package of medical and related benefits yesterday, bringing to a swift end the possibility of a confrontation with the governing body.
All trainers will now undergo a medical examination as required by the Club as a condition to the granting of next season's licences.
Previously, the Trainers' Association had advised their members not to undertake a medical examination until further notice.
Trainers' Association chairman Brian Kan Ping-chee said: ''We are all very pleased with the outcome. The Jockey Club have considered our position and they have done very well for us.
''It is now finished. All trainers will have their medical examination shortly.'' The trainers will sign an agreement to the Jockey Club's benefits proposal and it will go forward from the Association today.
The Trainers' Association meeting at Sha Tin yesterday morning passed off without incident but Geoff Lane resigned as a vice-chairman of the organisation and was replaced by long-serving Lawrie Fownes.