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Under the radar - looking at Yiu

Racing in Hong Kong has turned into the home straight for the premiership contenders and 12-time champion John Size is getting some pressure on our ratings list - but not from David Hayes.
Ricky Yiu's Triple Crown winner, Voyage Bubble holds the stable focus but the 2020 champion trainer is enjoying a great season overall, and is the form trainer, with 14 wins from his last 100 runners and only a tiny margin separates him and Size on our list.
On the official championship, of course, Hayes - with 12 from his last 100 runners - trails Size by seven wins, as Hayes seeks his first championship since putting two together in 1998 and 1999 in his first Hong Kong stint.
Yiu is six wins away in third and closing the gap on Hayes for the quinella position.
On our jockey ratings, there are no big surprises, Zac Purton holding a big lead, with Karis Teetan's slump and 7-pound claiming apprentice Ellis Wong's hot streak the talking points.
The leading jockeys lately have been Hugh Bowman, Luke Ferraris and Wong, with 10 wins from their last 100 rides and Wong's good run has coincided with him securing closer ties with trainer Caspar Fownes. While Bowman has been the main rider for Fownes this season, Wong is a clear second overall and has overtaken Bowman as the stable's go-to rider if we just look at the last two months.
Teetan, meanwhile, has had a difficult season in general, after spending years as the rider chasing home Purton and Joao Moreira and more recently just Purton.
The Mauritian Magician has been the most frequently-punished jockey in the stewards room, which never helps in terms of momentum, and his last 100 rides have produced one of his least fruitful returns for more than decade, with just 3 winners.
(Note, apprentice jockey ratings reflect performances with their allowance "built in". As their claim reduces and they compete on a more equal footing, we expect their rating to deteriorate unless they are top class riders.)
​These ratings are updated regularly and designed to reflect current form but with past figures also putting a brake on hot-streak performers or uplifting a long-term quality player having a quiet run.
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