It has previously been announced that Club Jockey Joao Moreira had been granted permission to be absent from Hong Kong in order to accept the ride on FLYING ARTIE in the Newmarket Handicap (Group 1) at Flemington Racecourse, Australia on Saturday, 11 March 2017. It has since been announced that FLYING ARTIE will not take place in the stated race with Jockey Moreira subsequently being engaged to ride EXTREME CHOICE in the Newmarket Handicap.
