HONG KONG – The last few days have been physically tough on a few jockeys in Hong Kong. Last Saturday at Sha Tin Racecourse, Alberto Sanna suffered a dislocated shoulder while striking his mount with a whip en route to a fourth-place finish. Tuesday, jockey Tommy Berry was unseated when his mount collapsed and died during a six-furlong workout at Sha Tin. Both were at the track on Wednesday morning. Berry rode Fine Needle in a workout in advance of Sunday’s Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize. Berry, a 27-year-old native of Australia, is scheduled to ride two Japanese shippers on Sunday – Fine Needle in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize and Danburite in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. He was removed from his two mounts on the Wednesday program at Happy Valley by the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s medical officer, but hopes to ride on Sunday. :: Hong Kong: Free PPs, picks, and analysis Sanna had a low-key morning, hanging out with fellow Italian jockey Umberto Rispoli and vowing to be ready for his first Group 1 mount in Hong Kong in Sunday’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup on the longshot Gold Mount. Sanna, 32, is one of the newest riders in Hong Kong, having arrived last fall. He has a short-term license to ride here through the end of the season in July. Wednesday, Sanna said he hopes to gain a year-round license in Hong Kong. He has ridden in Bahrain and Qatar in recent years.  “Otherwise, I might come to America,” he said. Sanna said he suffered his first shoulder injury 10 years ago. He said he exercised 14 horses from Sunday through Tuesday and that doctors cleared him quickly on Tuesday to resume race riding. “The doctor asked me, ‘Why did you come here?’” Sanna said. “He said my shoulder is fine.” Through Tuesday, Sanna had ridden 11 winners since early December. Gaining traction with a short-term license has not been easy, he said. Riders in Hong Kong do not have agents. Sanna said just getting the attention of trainers in the mornings to ride workouts was difficult when he started. “It’s difficult to do well,” he said. “In the beginning, I couldn’t get gallops. It’s very different. You have to be humble with everyone.” Sanna is tall for a jockey, 5-foot-6, and said running helps him to control his weight. Wednesday morning, he pulled out his mobile phone and opened an app that showed he has run about 575 miles since the start of the year, or an average of five miles a day. Sanna, who was born in Sardinia, Italy, rode Gold Mount to a win in the Happy Valley Vase on March 28. Gold Mount was fifth in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase in December against an international field, and need will be at his best on Sunday for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Sanna said. “He’s a small horse, but he’s got a big heart,” Sanna said. “This race is so tough. “He runs from the back. We have to use his ability with a good turn of foot.” The $3.058 million Queen Elizabeth II Cup is the second-richest race of the Hong Kong season, behind only the $3.18 Hong Kong Cup in December. Sunday’s race is led by Ping Hai Star, who won the Hong Kong Derby for 4-year-olds in March, and Time Warp, who won the Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup at 1 1/4 miles in February.