Australian jockey Ethan Brown celebrated a red-letter day with his first Hong Kong treble on Saturday, while Harry Bentley’s season is likely over after suffering a fractured forearm in a nasty fall at Sha Tin.
Six days after notching his first Sha Tin victory, Brown piloted home Country Dancer and Endued for champion trainer John Size and the David Hall-trained Prestige Hall.
“It’s unreal, it hasn’t sunk in yet. I thought I came here with a good book of rides and often, when that’s the case, you tend to go average, but today’s been great,” Brown said.
“It feels great. It took me a while to get the monkey off the back here [at Sha Tin] but to come back the following week and knock a couple over means a lot.
“I’m getting very good support and it feels like things are starting to clear up. I’m getting the hang of the racing here and it’s probably proven that the last couple of races, but the main thing is getting on the right horses and getting the right support from the right trainers.”
