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Knicks Go for Saudi Cup Posted by: Bernard Kenny+ at 8:53am on 18/2/2021 “The great horses like him are what you wake up for every morning,” said Eclipse Award trainer Brad H Cox of Knicks Go who is $3 with Sportsbet for the $20m Saudi Cup on 20 February. “He’s a fantastic horse and hopefully an international horse by Saturday, with everything going in the right direction. He’s carrying his weight well and I’m happy with the way he’s moving.” In coming off wins the Pegasus World Cup and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, winning jockey Joel Rosario will be eyeing the Bob Baffert trained Charlatan who is $2.50 favourite for jockey Mike Smith. ....
Sponsored by: Jockey John Velazquez Leading US-based rider John Velazquez is the final international jockey to be confirmed for the stc International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday, Feb. 19. The 49-year-old will take on 13 other jockeys in the IJC, before partnering Tacitus, owned by the late Prince Khalid Abdullah s Juddmonte Farms, in the $20m Saudi Cup a day later. It won t be a first appearance at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh for the jockey from Puerto Rico: “I was last in Saudi six or seven years ago and I was very impressed with the track. The dirt was nice and smooth, they did a really good job with it. ....
Hollie Doyle Picks Up Saudi Cup Mount On Extra Elusive Sponsored by: Hollie Doyle and Extra Elusive winning the Group 3 Rose Of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock in August 2020 Rising star of the saddle Hollie Doyle will compete in the stc International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday, Feb. 19, before reuniting with Roger Charlton s Extra Elusive a day later in The Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse. Doyle, who will line up alongside 13 other leading jockeys in the IJC, is hoping her recent overseas experiences will stand her in good stead: “I m really excited to be riding in Saudi. I ve had a few international trips recently, including Hong Kong, America and Bahrain, and it s great that I m getting to go to these big meetings around the world. ....
Shane Foley, William Buick Confirmed For Saudi International Jockeys Challenge Sponsored by: 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. ....
Sponsored by: November 7, 2020 : Order of Australia, ridden by Pierre-Charles Boudot, wins the FanDuel Mile presented by PDJF on Breeders’ Cup Championship Saturday at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky on November 7, 2020. Alex Evers/Breeders’ Cup/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM One of Europe s elite riders, Pierre-Charles Boudot, is the sixth participant to be confirmed for The Saudi Cup s International Jockeys Challenge (IJC) on Friday, Feb. 19 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh. The Frenchman, who rode 12 Group 1 winners in 2020, including on Champions Day at Royal Ascot and the Breeders Cup at Keeneland, is the second of seven male jockeys to be announced, while Nanako Fujita of Japan will fill the fifth of seven spots for female riders. ....