Ahead of a whirlwind return from injury that will see him riding work on Monday, Brett Prebble has written to the Jockey Club to categorically deny reports he will finish in Hong Kong at the end of the season in July.
Australian media commentator Richard Callander reported in The Winning Post racing newspaper that Prebble 'has done almost everything he wanted to do when he went to Hong Kong...except for winning the jockeys' premiership' and 'the mail from within is that his family has had enough with the lifestyle and they want to return to Australia.'
Callander said a deal had already been done to sign Prebble (pictured) for a high-profile Melbourne stable and reminded his readers they 'read it here first'.
Prebble said the story was a fabrication and he was even more surprised as Callander is a friend.
'Richie is a mate of mine but I don't know what possessed him to write something like that. It's just embarrassing for him - in other circumstances, I would probably be going down a different path and looking for an apology,' Prebble said.
'I've sent a letter to the Jockey Club and told them the whole thing is fabricated, that I regard it as a privilege to be able to keep riding here and I haven't had even a casual discussion about a job in Australia. As far as me and my family are concerned, we are very happy in Hong Kong and there are no plans to leave.
