Comeback jockey Chris Munce was a happy man despite failing to ride a winner at wet and windy Randwick as storm clouds gathered over Australia's relationship with Hong Kong racing which ruled he should be disqualified until September next year.Racing NSW licensed Munce last week, citing the 20 months he spent in jail for his part in a tips for bets scandal as sufficient time served.The Hong Kong Jockey Club imposed a 30 month sentence to be concurrently with penalties for 35 other charges which

Comeback jockey Chris Munce was a happy man despite failing to ride a winner at wet and windy Randwick as storm clouds gathered over Australia's relationship with Hong Kong racing which ruled he should be disqualified until September next year.

Racing NSW licensed Munce last week, citing the 20 months he spent in jail for his part in a tips for bets scandal as sufficient time served.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club imposed a 30 month sentence to be concurrently with penalties for 35 other charges which breached the racing rules in both jurisdictions.

However, Racing NSW did not reciprocate that final penalty because it was tied to a breach of a criminal offence under the criminal code of Hong Kong of which Munce would not have been convicted had his conduct taken place in Australia.

Munce did not comment on any of the proceedings on Friday where he had three rides at Randwick with his best position a fourth placing on Stand In on which he substituted for the injured Jeff Lloyd.

"It was a good day," Munce said.

"They all had their chances and I rode as well as I could.

"There is still improvement there and the more rides I get the better I'll get."

Munce will ride at Rosehill on Saturday and Hawkesbury the day after.

The sunset race meeting was supposed to be a Christmas celebration at Australian Jockey Club headquarters but heavy rain throughout the afternoon kept the crowds away.

In Hong Kong where Australian Sprint champion Apache Cat takes on the rest of the world on Sunday, HKJC chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said his club would be compelled to review its participation in both the Global Sprint Series and the Asian Mile Challenge as a result of the decision to let Munce ride.

He also rejected claims by Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'Landys that Munce had been denied natural justice when he was dealt with by Hong Kong stewards who following his release from jail.

"It has nothing to do with natural justice," Engelbrecht-Bresges said.

"Mr Munce and his lawyers have had every opportunity, but they have never raised any issues of natural justice."

He said Munce had pleaded guilty and had indicated his acceptance of the penalty imposed by the stewards by his failure to appeal.

The main complaint of the Hong Kong racing chief, who is also chairman of the Asian Racing Conference, is that Racing NSW has decided to ignore Article 10 of an international agreement on racing which compels signatories to observe penalties imposed in other jurisdictions.

He said it was not a matter of opinion and that signatories had a duty to comply.

"NSW decided not to follow this principle," he said.

"It is alone in the whole world."

V'Landys stood by the decision and said at no time did Racing NSW state that Munce was not afforded procedural fairness and natural justice by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.