Delpech to represent SA in the Shergar Cup

JOCKEY LINE-UP REVEALED FOR THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP
Frankie Dettori, Jamie Spencer, Kerrin McEvoy and Emma-Jayne Wilson have been confirmed as team captains for the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup; the world’s premier international jockeys’ competition at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 12th August.

All six races are handicaps worth £45,000 bringing the total prize money to £270,000. Each participant will get five rides as they bid to win the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup for their team.

Last year saw the Rest Of The World team lift the trophy for the sixth time when they claimed two of the six races.

Emma-Jayne Wilson, who captained the Girls team to victory in 2015, is back and will be joined by Michelle Payne from Australia, and 2016 Champion Apprentice Josephine Gordon.

Payne made history in 2015 when becoming the first female to win the Melbourne Cup, on the 100-1 shot Prince of Penzance, while Gordon became the third female to be crowned British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 2016 after Hayley Turner and Amy Ryan.

Wilson is Canada’s most successful female jockey having ridden over 1,000 winners. This will be her sixth Shergar Cup appearance.

Wilson said: “I am so proud to have been part of the first Girls team to win in 2015 and I am looking forward to being back at Ascot this year. The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup provides a great opportunity for us girls to prove we are as good as some of the world’s best male jockeys and I can’t wait to team up with Michelle and Josephine.”

Payne, added:

“I am so excited about riding in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, especially after the disappointment of not being able to last year due to my injury. We have a great team and I’m really hopeful that we can do the fans proud and take back the cup!”

Frankie Dettori is a Shergar Cup veteran having taken part eight times. He said:

“I always look forward to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup as it is a great day with a fantastic atmosphere. We were so close last year, hopefully we can win this time.”

He will be partnered by Shergar Cup debutant Alexander Pietsch from Germany and Adrie De Vries. Pietsch was Champion Jockey in 2015 and runner up in 2016. It will be his first Shergar Cup but second time riding at Ascot having ridden in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2016. De Vries won the 2016 Qatar Derby on Noor al Hawa and earlier this year won the Dubai City of Gold on Prize Money.

2016 Melbourne Cup winner Kerrin McEvoy will captain the Rest Of The World team.

“I am very honoured to captain the Rest Of The World team and am really looking forward to my second Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup,” he said. “It’s a unique competition that brings something different to racing.

Joining him will be two more new recruits to this competition – the South African Anthony Delpech, and the 2016 Victoria Mile (Straight Girl) winner, Keita Tosaki. Tosaki also won the 4th leg of the Longines International Jockeys Championship at Happy Valley last year upon Big Bang Bong. This will be his first time riding in Britain

Tosaki said: “It has always been my dream to ride in England and to do it for the first time at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is something I am really looking forward to. It is a great opportunity to ride against some of the most successful jockeys in the world.”

Jamie Spencer will captain the Great Britain and Ireland team where he will be joined by the four-time British Champion, Ryan Moore, and Ireland’s Neil Callan.

“I really enjoy the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, it is fun to ride as part of a team and the atmosphere at Ascot on the day is great,” Spencer revealed. “The crowd really get behind their favourite team and I am excited to be captaining the Great Britain and Ireland team this year.”

Dubai Duty Free has been associated with the Shergar Cup since its inception, Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO of Dubai Duty Free, said:

“We are very much looking forward to this year’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, the 17th renewal that we have supported at Ascot.

“The line-up of jockeys for this year’s event demonstrates that the competition continues to command the attention of top riders from all over the world and places in any one of the four teams are highly sought after.”

There is a £3,000 prize as well as the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle Trophy on offer to the highest points-scoring jockey of the day. Points are awarded 15, 10, 7, 5, 3 for the first five horses home with 4 points for a non-runner.

Nick Smith, Director of Racing & Communications at Ascot Racecourse, added:

“The jockeys riding in this year’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup are among the best ambassadors the sport has to offer. Amongst them is the international phenomenon which is Canada’s Emma-Jane Wilson, the perennial champion at Woodbine and Michelle Payne, who made history in 2015 when she won the Melbourne Cup. We all wait with excitement to see which team will come out on top and whether the Rest of the World can retain their crown.”

Queen Anne Enclosure tickets start from £33 in advance. Winning Post Enclosure and King Edward VII Enclosure tickets start from £45 and £65 in advance respectively. Fine dining is also available from £189 + VAT.

Accompanied children under 18 years of age gain free entry at all Ascot race meetings.

To book tickets and for further information, please call 0844 346 3000 or visit www.ascot.co.uk .

Magic all the best to Anthony

Delpach is a superstar...will do us proud.

BTW, who chooses the jocks?

Delpech top class jockey, have huge respect for him.

He will do us very proud.

Why has the worlds best not been selected for SA? All I read is how great he is and how he will ride every other jockey on the planet to sleep yet he is not selected.

The ladies team look very good and maybe worth a bet to win the comp

Happening this Saturday. All the best Anthony :woohoo:

i notice he has 4 rides at scotsville on sunday the 13th ..

pirates wrote: i notice he has 4 rides at scotsville on sunday the 13th ..

He must really fancy his chances on the Bullet.

Lionel wrote:

pirates wrote: i notice he has 4 rides at scotsville on sunday the 13th ..

He must really fancy his chances on the Bullet.

i love the way the weights are structured for those million rand races

Lionel wrote:

pirates wrote: i notice he has 4 rides at scotsville on sunday the 13th ..

He must really fancy his chances on the Bullet.

I do too

pirates wrote:

Lionel wrote:

pirates wrote: i notice he has 4 rides at scotsville on sunday the 13th ..

He must really fancy his chances on the Bullet.

i love the way the weights are structured for those million rand races

BSA AU GUST MIL LION FIL LIES (Non-Black Type)
For 3-year-olds
1st R625,000 2nd R200,000 3rd R100,000 4th R50,000 5th R25,000
Re stricted to 2-year-olds that were sold at the 2016 Na tional Two
Year Old sale and en tered the Sweep stake Races when pur chased at
this spe cific sale.
Weights:
The Weight to be car ried out by each horse shall be de ter mined by
the price at which it was sold or was bought back by its ven dor,
in ac cor dance with the bands shown:
R401,000 or more . . . . . . . . 60kgs
R201,000 - R400,000. . . . . . . 58kgs
R101,000 - R200,000. . . . . . . 56kgs
R100,000 or less . . . . . . . . . 54kgs