Newnham not giving up just yet, but concedes trainers’ title is an uphill battle

Mark Newnham is not giving up on winning the Hong Kong trainers’ premiership despite dropping back to third place, with Caspar Fownes and Danny Shum now tied on 56 victories.

Newnham is on 53 and close behind are Francis Lui (50), David Hayes (49) and John Size (46).

“I think I’ll probably run out of bullets before the end of the season. I’ve got a lot of new horses that have arrived, so I’ve probably got less horses to race. I’ve also got a lot of other young horses, and I won’t be changing anything to try and win it,” Newnham told the HKJC.

“I’ll just train them exactly the same way I have all season. If that gets me enough to win it, that would be great, but it hasn’t really been my focus of the season. I was only looking to improve on the first two years, and I set myself a goal of 50 winners.

“Looking at Hong Kong racing, any season that you train more than 50 winners you’ve had a very good year.”