Irish Flat Jockeys’ Championship runner-up Shane Foley is one of three more jockeys added to the 14-rider line-up for The Saudi Cup’s International Jockeys Challenge, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, Feb. 19 in Riyadh. Foley, who rode 92 winners in Ireland last year, will be joined by international Group 1-winning jockey William […]
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Leading Irish jockey Shane Foley will be heading to Riyadh for the stc International Jockeys Challenge and to ride Barbados for Jessica Harrington in the Long Distance Turf Handicap
Irish Flat Jockeys Championship runner-up Shane Foley is one of three more jockeys added to the 14-rider line-up for The Saudi Cup s International Jockeys Challenge, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, Feb. 19 in Riyadh.
Foley, who rode 92 winners in Ireland last year, will be joined by international Group 1-winning jockey William Buick and Sweden s top female jockey, Malin Holmberg, while the likes of Pierre-Charles Boudot, Jessica Marcialis and last year s winner Sibylle Vogt have already been confirmed.
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Horses race along the back stretch at King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Saudi Cup day 2020. Douglas de Felice
Irad Ortiz celebrates after winning the Saudia Sprint on New York Central. Neville Hopwood
Sibylle Vogt, Mike Smith, Lisa Allpress, and Mickaelle Michel with their trophies. Martin Dokoupil
Trackwork at the Saudi Cup. Mahmoud Khaled
Full Flat moves into the Winners enclosure during the Saudi Cup Day. Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia/Mahmoud Khaled
The Saudi Cup logo is seen on a saddle during trackwork at the Saudi Cup. Douglas de Felice
Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey recalls Dubai World Cup glory ahead of race’s 25th anniversary
The American rode Cigar to victory at Nad Al-Sheba in what was the worlds’s richest race in 1996
Updated 23 March 2021
March 23, 2021 20:54
DUBAI: Jerry Bailey felt like he had struck Olympic gold when he won the inaugural Dubai World Cup on Cigar.
The American horse had been wooed to compete in the new race as Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice president of the UAE, attracted talent befitting what was then the world’s richest race at $4 million.
Cigar, with Hall of Fame jockey Bailey on board, did not disappoint as he thrilled the hordes gathered at Nad Al-Sheba with a historic victory for owner Allen Paulson and trainer Bill Mott.