Hong Kong racing can kiss goodbye to WA jockey William Pike. He landed his biggest win in Hong Kong, the Grp 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) on Craig's Dragon for trainer John Moore, but will not seek to extend his licence at the end of the month. he's returning home to Perth to prepare for the arrival of his first child. He says: 'It is making it a bit harder to leave now that I'm finally riding some winners, but at the same time I am leaving Hong Kong in good stead and I can't see why I won't
Hong Kong racing can kiss goodbye to WA jockey William Pike. He landed his biggest win in Hong Kong, the Grp 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) on Craig's Dragon for trainer John Moore, but will not seek to extend his licence at the end of the month. he's returning home to Perth to prepare for the arrival of his first child. He says: 'It is making it a bit harder to leave now that I'm finally riding some winners, but at the same time I am leaving Hong Kong in good stead and I can't see why I won't be able to come back at some stage in the future...The best thing for me to do personally at the moment is to head home to Perth, and I might even be able to peg back a few of the boys at home and ride some winners there.' Pike struggled to ride many winners until early December last year, but has chalked up 11 for the season and claimed his first Group win at Sha Tin. His departure closely follows that of James Winks, who found it too hard to get good rides.