Lyle Hewitson rode a winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday to add to his two successive doubles last Wednesday and Sunday. He has now reached 28 wins for the season in Hong Kong.
He is in 6th place on the island’s log, but is just one win behind the pair in front of him, Hugh Bowman and Karis Teetan.
Two of his five wins in the last three meetings have been for another ex-pat South African in Douglas Whyte, including the one on Wednesday on the Australian-bred five-year-old gelding King Of The Court (Al Maher).
Hewitson jumped from draw 14 of 14 today in the 1650m class 4 event and he managed to get his mount into the lead rounding the first turn.
From there he was able to dictate at a slowish tempo and the gelding found more in the straight to win by half-a-length from Kung Fu Tea, who was ridden by Luke Ferraris.
It was a milestone moment for Hewitson as he surpassed the 27 wins he rode on the island last season and there are still over four months to go this season.
