From the HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUBJockey Brett Prebble is leading the on-line votes among the eight candidates in this season's voting for the Most Popular Jockey award, which commenced on 1 June and has received an overwhelming response from members of the public.As at noon today, on-line votes submitted via www.hkjc.com show that Brett Prebble leads the voting with 37%, followed by Douglas Whyte with 22%, while Matthew Chadwick stands third with 21% of votes received.For the Most Popular Horse, Sa

From the HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Jockey Brett Prebble is leading the on-line votes among the eight candidates in this season's voting for the Most Popular Jockey award, which commenced on 1 June and has received an overwhelming response from members of the public.

As at noon today, on-line votes submitted via www.hkjc.com show that Brett Prebble leads the voting with 37%, followed by Douglas Whyte with 22%, while Matthew Chadwick stands third with 21% of votes received.

For the Most Popular Horse, Sacred Kingdom stands well on top with 36% of all votes received while Viva Pataca lies second with 29%, ahead of Sight Winner (14%).

All racing fans are certain have their own ideas about their stars of the season. Members of the public who have not yet shown their support for their favourite horse and jockey can cast their votes right away not only through the Club's website but also other channels, including the Club's Off-Course Betting Branches and the racecourses (voting form); voting hotline 1833168; by mobile phone via networks of SmarTone-Vodafone, 3HK, 1O1O, one2free, PCCW Mobile and China Mobile Hong Kong; and by PDA on m.hkjc.com.

Voting will close at midnight on Monday 15 June. Every racing fan (must be aged 18 or above and holder of a Hong Kong Identity Card) who takes part will be eligible to enter a lucky draw to win some fabulous prizes.

The Grand Prize is a 1-carat diamond worth HK$63,000. Second prize offers round-trip air tickets to Sapporo and 4-night hotel accommodation for four people plus a visit to the renowned Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido. Third prize is a Canon EOS 50D digital single-lens reflex camera worth HK$12,480 and fourth prize is a BlackBerry Storm Smartphone valued at HK$5,288.