Betting Charge

Decorated jockey Silvestre de Sousa has been suspended for 10 months by the Hong Kong Jockey Club after pleading guilty to a betting charge.  The three-time champion jockey in Britain, who relocated to Hong Kong last year in search of better opportunities, pleaded guilty to the charge along with Vagner Borges, another Brazilian rider based in Hong Kong. Borges was banned for 12 months by HKJC stewards. Both riders were found in breach of rule 59 (3), which says that "no jockey shall bet, or facilitate the making of a...