Misbah (29), who had a personal setback recently, said he had accepted a position with Penang trainer M H Wee.
Misbah rode two winners for the Wee stable during the winter.
Misbah won 62 races last season. He has been based at Wingatui since he served his apprenticeship there with Brian and Shane Anderton. He rode his first winner, Vitaquette, in June, 2006 and won 94 races in four seasons as an apprentice.
• Samantha Wynne rode a winner at her first ride in New Zealand when she combined with Pinsgold at Ashburton.
Wynne is apprenticed to Neil Coulbeck, the Leithfield trainer of Pinsgold.
Wynne had 20 rides in Ireland and came to New Zealand four months ago for more opportunities.
• Phil Andrews (91), who has been training for 64 years, produced Vite Celebre to win a maiden race yesterday.
Andrews trained Chowder to win the John Grigg Stakes (the feature race for 3yr-olds) at Ashburton in 1952. He had trained his first winner, Saieda at Orari, in 1948.
Vite Celebre was having her second start for the Riccarton-based Andrews. He took over the training of the 4yr-old Fast 'N' Famous mare late last season after she had been bought by his brother, Rollo Andrews. She had been three times placed in eight starts from the Matamata stable of Stephen Autridge.
Vite Celebre is now raced by Kirsty Pryce (a niece of Andrews) and Phillip Leslie (a grandson of Rollo) and their spouses.
The same connections won a race with Pupil Prince in 2010.
• The Canterbury Jockey Club has closed the old members grandstand at Riccarton after it was assessed as earthquake-prone.
The assessment came from an engineering evaluation.
Tim Mills, the chief executive of the club, said the club was working with its project managers, engineers and insurance consultants to determine the future of the building and the impact of its closure on upcoming events.
• Warwick Coles, the Washdyke trainer, has been fined $300 by the Judicial Control Authority for not wearing a safety vest when riding work.
