Cox Plate-winning jockey Chad Schofield is leaving Hong Kong to return to Australia, with the 27-year-old to make the move following December’s Hong Kong International Races.
Schofield and wife Hannah, who are expecting a baby boy in February, are returning to Sydney to be close to family.
A superstar apprentice in Australia, Schofield won the 2013 Cox Plate aboard Shamus Award and moved to Hong Kong in 2015, amassing 208 winners in the city.
He rode more than 30 winners in each of his first five Hong Kong seasons, producing a personal best of 43 victories in 2019-20, while his biggest success came aboard Singapore Sling in the 2018 Classic Cup.
He hasn’t enjoyed the same level of success recently, however, riding only 26 winners last season and saluting only three times through the first 20 meetings of this term, with regular suspensions hindering his output.
Schofield’s departure will open up the ride aboard the David Hayes-trained Fantastic Treasure, who is expected to be one of the leading hopes in the 2021-22 Class Series for four-year-olds.
Schofield will be the second jockey to leave Hong Kong this season following the departure of Tony Piccone earlier this month and will reduce the roster to 22 riders, although star Brazilian Silvestre de Sousa is expected to arrive in January to bolster the ranks.
Schofield has just three rides at Sha Tin on Sunday but does climb aboard Super Wealthy for Hayes in the Group Two BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m).
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