John Whitaker riding Argento at AsiaWorld-Expo in 2015. Photo: Nora Tam

Similar message drummed into the ears of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Equestrian Training Squad across the weekend at the Longines Grand Prix and Masters at AsiaWorld-Expo John Whitaker’s legend has been forged over more than four decades competing at the highest levels of show jumping, through Olympic Games and World Championships that have filled his trophy cabinet to overflowing. If Whitaker talks about the sport, it pays to listen, so when he was asked after competing in the marquee Longines Grand Prix on Sunday if he could share the secret to success in the sport, you could have heard a pin drop inside AsiaWorld-Expo.