The locals, and Brett Prebble, seem confident of toppling the international invasion at Sha Tin this weekend. Local champion Sacred Kingdom wrapped up his serious work for Sunday's HK$12 million Hong Kong Sprint by easily beating lesser-performed stablemate King Acrylic on the all-weather surface and left jockey Brett Prebble and trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai in good spirits. Sacred Kingdom was timed to run his final 400m in 23.4 seconds, but Prebble said he was not out to break any records.Another

The locals, and Brett Prebble, seem confident of toppling the international invasion at Sha Tin this weekend. Local champion Sacred Kingdom wrapped up his serious work for Sunday's HK$12 million Hong Kong Sprint by easily beating lesser-performed stablemate King Acrylic on the all-weather surface and left jockey Brett Prebble and trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai in good spirits. Sacred Kingdom was timed to run his final 400m in 23.4 seconds, but Prebble said he was not out to break any records.

Another backdown on those silly whip-use rules...Now that everyone has discovered the earth is still round, it seems those whip laws that created such a fuss are being pushed further into the galaxy. Racing NSW has announced the declaration of correct weight will no longer be delayed to review whip use by jockeys. When the latest amendment of the current whip rules was introduced on September 26 stewards, as a matter of practice, reviewed the use of the whip on placegetters before declaring correct weight due to the protest provision in the laws. Now it's been decided that this scrutiny isn't necessary.