Hong Kong-based jockey Luke Currie rode the winner of Australia ... he has experienced 97 consecutive defeats since he steered David Hayes-prepared miler Fearless Fire to win at Happy Valley ...

Hayes knows how important it is to get a winner early in Hong Kong and was full of praise for Currie’s first-up effort ... sealing a race-to-race double for David Hayes!

Luke Currie will bring an end to his Hong Kong stint after the Happy Valley meeting on December 13, with the struggling jockey to return home ahead of Australia’s autumn carnival. While he’s ...