At the Sha Tin race meeting conducted on Saturday, 1 July 2017, Apprentice Jockey Matthew M F Poon rode his 20th winner on HARD BALL GET. As such, Apprentice Poon’s claiming allowance is now reduced to 7 lbs commencing with the Sha Tin race meeting scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, 16 July 2017, the day on which he is due to resume riding following a previously incurred suspension.