Chris Munce has finished fifth in his first ride back since the completion of a jail term in a tips for bets scandal.Munce rode the Gai Waterhouse-trained Ambassador in the second race at Randwick on Friday.The jockey is at the centre of an international storm between Racing NSW which relicensed him and the Hong Kong Jockey Club which penalised him until September next year.The furore was far from his mind as he rode in driving rain."I thought I was going to win at the turn but the wet track fou

Chris Munce has finished fifth in his first ride back since the completion of a jail term in a tips for bets scandal.

Munce rode the Gai Waterhouse-trained Ambassador in the second race at Randwick on Friday.

The jockey is at the centre of an international storm between Racing NSW which relicensed him and the Hong Kong Jockey Club which penalised him until September next year.

The furore was far from his mind as he rode in driving rain.

"I thought I was going to win at the turn but the wet track found him out," Munce said.

Munce said he was fit and did not feel too bad after his first race since February last year.

"I had a good blow but apart from that it was great," he said.

Earlier, NSW racing authorities had been told they were are risking international isolation and had jeopardised at least two major worldwide racing series by the decision to license Chris Munce following his suspension by Hong Kong stewards.

Hong Kong Jockey Club 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 made last week by Racing NSW.

In a forthright and impassioned plea for the Munce decision to be reviewed, Engelbrecht-Bresges said international racing authorities condemned the NSW move made in defiance of worldwide racing agreements, saying it had the potential to cause "international chaos".

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 acted following the jockey's release from jail where he served 20 months after being found guilty of accepting money for tips on horses.

"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."

Engelbrecht-Bresges laid the blame for the issue, that could result in action being taken by Hong Kong on several fronts, with V'Landys.

"I think the blame for this is clearly in the hands of Mr V'Landys who, during the process, made statements which I think are completely inappropriate," he said.

He was referring to V'Landys' claim that no "reasonable" person would impose a further penalty on Munce on top of his jail term.

"It is not up to him to make any comments like this," he said.

He said V'Landys hadn't even read the transcript of the evidence in the matter decided upon by the stewards before making the decision to give Munce a licence to ride.

The decision was against "all the principles of international cooperation".

"What is mind-boggling is that (V'Landys) then wrote a letter to the Hong Kong chief stipe saying NSW is not a party to the agreement," he said.

Engelbrecht-Bresges said it was his understanding the Australian Racing Board had signed the agreement containing Article 10 on behalf of the various Australian jurisdictions.

He said he would appeal to the newly-appointed board of Racing NSW to review the issue and would seek a clear statement from it on whether it intended to abide by the agreement.

"One has to give the new NSW board the benefit of reviewing the situation," he said.

"On an international basis we have to stop this nonsense."

While Engelbrecht-Bresges stressed he had no desire to retaliate, it would be difficult for Hong Kong to participate in the Asian Mile Series or the Global Sprint Challenge if Munce was able to ride in the Australian legs.

"I am appealing really in the interests of world racing, that we should stand together and not make this mistake and that someone takes accountability," he said.

"It is in the interests of horseracing that we respect each other, that we trust the processes and procedures which have been laid down."