Permission has been granted for Stable Retained Jockey Tommy Berry to be absent from Hong Kong in order to partner OMEI SWORD at the Kennedy Mile (Group 1) scheduled to be conducted at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday, 4 November 2017.

Jockey Berry will return to Hong Kong immediately following the aforementioned meeting to fulfil his riding engagements at the Sha Tin racemeeting on Sunday, 5 November 2017.