Jockey Wong Chin Chuen felt like he was walking into a surreal world when he jumped back on a horse at Kranji around three weeks ago. The Malaysian was out on “enforced holiday” – the euphemism for a suspension – when the rest of Kranji was blindsided by the racing...
“We normally chit-chat and joke around with everybody at morning trackwork. But nobody was in the mood any more, it felt strange.At least, his first day back riding – since May 27 – gave him something to cheer about.The first on the Michael Clements-trained Pacific Star in a Class 4 Division 1 race was a dead-heat with Energy Baby.“It got pretty close. I wasn’t sure who won, but it was good to get the win even if it was a dead-heat.”“I’ve been riding trackwork for two weeks.
“I’m now 53kg. Luckily, I didn’t have low weights last week, but I do this week; I’ve wasted down to 51.5kg.The Pacific Stable for one could not wait to snap up one of their go-to riders at his comeback. Wong would, however, not rate them as top picks despite their creditable Open Maiden debuts on June 24. Pacific Dream ran third to Golden Sentience while Pacific Spirit was fourth to Fabu.
Despite the long time on the sidelines, Wong still sits second on the jockeys’ premiership but has slid down by another 12 winners.
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