Permission has been granted for Jockey Hugh Bowman to be absent from Hong Kong as he has secured riding engagements in the Longines Golden Slipper Day to be run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney on Saturday, 18 March 2023.

Jockey Bowman will return to Hong Kong in time to fulfil his race riding engagements at the Sha Tin race meeting scheduled on Sunday, 19 March 2023.