Jockey K C Leung Cleared to Resume Riding at Happy Valley Wednesday

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has announced that Jockey K C Leung has been assessed by the Club’s medical team and passed fit to resume riding. “The Club’s Chief Medical Officer has advised that Jockey K C Leung, who was indisposed and stood down from his riding engagements at the Sha Tin racemeeting conducted on 1 February 2026, has been assessed today and passed fit to resume riding in races at the Happy Valley racemeeting scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday, 4 February 2026,” the Club said in a release signed by Terry Bailey, Stipendiary Steward & Executive Manager, Licensing.

Leung was stood down after a dramatic fall at Sha Tin during a dirt meeting when his mount Gameplayer Emperor reportedly broke its leg in the straight. Photographs from the incident show Leung attended by paramedics after being “catapulted into the dirt” about 300m from the finish. Leung described the sequence in his own words: “It wasn't as scary as other ones because I had time to prepare, because the horse stumbled and broke his leg so I knew I had two strides and time to fall,” he said, adding: “I am still very lucky because at that stage all the horses were moving out to get clear running and there were no horses directly behind me.”

Physically Leung assessed his condition at the scene and in the days that followed. “I felt very tight in my neck but I could tell everything was all right otherwise. I could move my body, my head, my leg and my arms so I was pretty sure I was OK. After that, my mind is back and it is OK now. I am feeling good, I went to the gym and did some exercise on Monday so I am feeling very well.”

Sporting plans are immediate. Leung is scheduled to return aboard Loriz in the Class Four French Racing & Breeding Committee Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, a ride that carries the aim of going back-to-back after a recent front-running win on the three-year-old from a better barrier. Leung’s current season form includes 20 winners this term, a statistic that keeps him prominent in the jockey ranks and relevant to trainers and owners arranging bookings for the tight Happy Valley night program.

Contextual career detail highlights why his availability matters to connections and punters. A Racebuzz profile notes Leung has passed the 500-win milestone among Hong Kong homegrown riders, recording signature wins including the 2017 G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile on Beauty Generation and the 2024 G1 Centenary Sprint Cup on Victor The Winner, and being a two-time recipient of the Tony Cruz Award. Racebuzz places him alongside Tony Cruz, Vincent Ho and Matthew Chadwick in the 500-plus winners bracket.

Readers should note the HKJC used the name K C Leung in its clearance while media and profiles commonly refer to Derek Leung or Derek Leung Ka-chun; sources also differ on age listings, a detail that requires standardization in official bios. For now the headline fact is clear: after medical assessment by the Club’s Chief Medical Officer and formal sign-off from licensing, Leung is fit to resume riding at Happy Valley, a development that reshuffles late jockey bookings and betting markets and puts an experienced Hong Kong rider back into the saddle for a busy midweek card.