MCDONALD GETS STUCK RIGHT IN

By Graham Potter | Sunday, November 23, 2025

You wouldn’t expect the Longines World Best jockey of 2025 to announce his arrival for a riding stint in Hong Kong in any other way, but James McDonald’s treble at Sha Tin on Sunday … which included wins in two of the three feature races on the day … was really another extraordinary display of race riding by an extraordinary jockey with each individual ride underlining just how wide a range of skills McDonald has at his disposal.

His win on the John Size trained Fit For Beauty in the second race on the card was a fine example of patience, positioning and knowing when to put your foot on the accelerator.

McDonald was patient early here, he switched Fit For Beauty out wider, positioning his mount in clear galloping room at the top of the straight and then realised he had to push to button early as the leaders threatened to get away.

Fit For Beauty’s gained momentum and maintained a strong run to the line, taking control inside the final 50m to land a well-judged win.

Then it was on to the first of the three Group 2 feature races of the day … the BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint.

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