Neil Callan back in Britain

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Neil Callan has his first ride back in Britain on Wednesday at Brighton as he prepares for a fourth full season in Hong Kong.

The 38-year-old, who partners Freight Train for trainer Mark Johnston in the feature John Smith’s Brighton Mile Challenge Trophy, is keeping his eye in before he returns to the Far East later this month ahead of the new campaign that starts on September 3 at Sha Tin.

Callan took the brave decision to try his luck on the other side of the world despite regularly riding more than 100 winners a year in the UK, where he was runner-up in the jockeys’ championship in 2005 and 2007 with 151 and 170 winners respectively.

He has quickly established himself as one of the leading riders in Hong Kong and was fifth in the table last season, with 40 …

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