Permission has been granted for Club Jockeys Brenton Avdulla and Hugh Bowman to be absent from Hong Kong in order to fulfil their relevant overseas race riding engagements. Jockey Bowman has secured riding engagements on Golden Slipper Day, including in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes, to be run at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney on Saturday, 23 March 2024 whereas Jockey Avdulla is engaged to partner CALIFORNIA SPANGLE, trained by Tony Cruz, in the Al Quoz Sprint (Group 1) to be run at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai on Saturday, 30 March 2024.

Jockeys Bowman and Avdulla will return to Hong Kong in time to fulfil their race riding engagements at the Sha Tin racemeeting scheduled on Sunday, 24 March 2024 and Sunday, 31 March 2024 respectively.