Luke Ferraris secured his 100th win in Hong Kong on Wednesday evening, with the young South African continuing his stellar season with a double under the Sha Tin lights.

The in-form 22-year-old opened his account on the dirt card thanks to Benno Yung Tin-pang’s Excellent Daddy before raising the bat courtesy of the Mark Newnham-trained Mojave Desert.

Ferraris, who grew up among the hustle and bustle of Sha Tin while his father, David, trained in Hong Kong, was delighted to reach the personal milestone.

“It feels good,” Ferraris said. “Going back to being a kid, watching the racing here, to participating in it and riding a century here, it feels great.

“Credit to Mark. He’s really supported me throughout the season so far and very pleased to ride the 100th on one of his horses. I’m delighted and hopefully things can just keep ticking over the way they are.”

Newnham and Ferraris have formed a successful partnership, with Mojave Desert’s victory in the first section of the Class Four Sha Tin Wai Handicap (1,200m) marking the ninth of the season for the trainer-jockey combination.

The four-year-old son of I Am Invincible, who was making his first start for the stable, surged for home in the final 200m to record his first win in the city on his eighth outing.

The win lifted Ferraris to fourth in this season’s premiership on 17 victories and took Newnham to 21 wins for the campaign.

“I’m pleased I was able to provide [Luke’s 100th win],” Newnham said. “He’s a good young jockey and we get on well. He’s easy to work with and he’s a good asset to the stable.”

It was a long time between drinks for Ferraris’ first winner of the evening, with Excellent Daddy taking out the opening Class Five Banyan Handicap (1,200m).

Yung’s eight-year-old had to wait 920 days for his third victory in Hong Kong and he did so thanks to a sharp late burst from the rear of the field.

Elsewhere on the card, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu was sent flying into the dirt after Super Win Dragon broke down in the Class Three Siu Lek Yuen Handicap (1,200m).

Conscious after falling from the seven-year-old in the penultimate race, Ho was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital for further assessment after appearing to suffer a head knock.

In the same contest, Jerry Chau Chun-lok ended a nagging drought aboard Packing Bole. With Zac Purton sidelined due to an illness, Chau picked up the ride on the Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained gelding and ended a spell of 85 rides without a win.

Purton’s loss was also Matthew Chadwick’s gain as Dragon Air Force broke through in the second section of the Sha Tin Wai Handicap.

Chadwick, replacing the sidelined Purton aboard Ricky Yiu Poon-fai’s four-year-old, urged the $3.2 favourite forward in the straight and kept him up to his work to deny Fortune Warrior by half a length.

Matthew Poon Ming-fai’s wait for a winner ended in the Class Five Sha Lek Handicap (1,800m) but his successful evening was short-lived, with the rider forced to step down for the final three races with a broken toe.

Poon had gone 50 rides without a victory before booting the Dennis Yip Chor-hong-trained Yeaboi home.

Yip sealed a midweek double in the finale, with Young Superstar reigning supreme in the Class Three Yuen Chau Kok Handicap (1,650m) under Angus Chung Yik-lai.

Brenton Avdulla and Keith Yeung Ming-lun were also celebrating on the programme, with the former saluting aboard Sight Supreme and the latter on Never Peter Out.