Warning fails to stop spate of falls

BANS and another chilling fall yesterday marred racing at Sha Tin despite a stern pre-meeting safety warning. Senior stipendiary steward Bernard Hargreaves called all the licensed riders together before the first and told them in no uncertain terms just how they were expected to ride.

Hargreaves' action followed an unprecedented spate of serious incidents in running culminating in three shocking falls at Happy Valley's midweek meeting which led to Lance O'Sullivan, Jackie Tse, Peter Ho and Eden Cheung all missing yesterday through injury. But by the end of the meeting, Jimmy Ting had been sent to hospital for chest X-rays following a fall from Mr Wonderful right in front of the public stands as the field for the sixth event galloped for home.

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