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RACING DIGEST:MELBOURNE CUP-winning jockey Chris Munce has been cleared to ride in Australia despite receiving a further ban from the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) after he was imprisoned for his part in a betting scandal.

Racing New South Wales said they would not revoke the licence they had granted him after he was released from prison last month.