The injury-hit jump jockey Lorcan Wyer hopes to discover today when he can return from his latest spell on the sidelines. The Irishman, retained by Tim Easterby, has been out of action since tests last month he is revealed he was suffering from a thyroid condition.

"He won't know any more until he sees the consultant tomorrow at 6.30 in the evening," Wyer's wife Nora explained.

"But he is still able to ride out and he is playing in a golf day in aid of the Shane Broderick appeal today."

Wyer (32) missed three months of last season after shattering his jaw in a fall on Thornton Gate at Aintree last November and was sidelined again when injured in a fall on the same horse at Doncaster in March.

Both Brett Doyle and David Harrison, the two new kids on the block, both opened their seasonal accounts in Hong Kong yesterday. Doyle got off the mark in second race aboard Markgraf and went on to complete a double on Skase Race in the finale on the Sha Tin card.

Harrison had to wait until the sixth race, the Dongunnan Handicap, before landing the spoils on Fulkien Boy. He also had a second on Big Mac. Alan Munro, riding as first jockey to Alex Wong siu-Tan this season, also made his mark by landing a double on Smart Kid and Kaapargen.