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Frankie Dettori and Mick Kinane, two of the biggest names in horseracing, are among the six international jockeys who will clash with South Africa’s top riders in the International Jockeys’ Challenge at the Steinhoff International Summer Cup race meeting at Turffontein Racecourse in Johannesburg on Saturday 29 November.
The international team contains champions from several countries including the UK, France and Australia. The full team is Frankie Dettori (Italy), Mick Kinane (Ireland), Jamie Spencer (England), Damien Oliver (Australia), Srinath Surender (India) and Christophe Soumillon (France).
Italian-born Dettori has become a legend in his own lifetime and is the most famous jockey in the world. He is the retained rider for Godolphin, the banner under which the rulers of Dubai race, and has won virtually every major race in the world including the Epsom Derby, the Dubai World Cup, the Breeders’ Cup Turf in the USA, the Japan Cup and the Arc de Triomphe.
Like Dettori, Irish-born Kinane has long been regarded as one of the best jockeys on the planet and has won the Irish Jockeys’ Championship a record 13 times. He, too, has won major races in a string of countries including the Epsom Derby twice, the Arc de Triomphe, the Belmont Stakes and the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most famous race.
Spencer is one of the biggest names in UK racing. He was only 17 when he landed his first classic success, partnering Tarascon to victory in the 1998 Irish 1000 Guineas.
Belgium-born Christophe Soumillon has been a dominant figure in French racing for years. He was champion apprentice there in 1999 and won the French Jockeys’ Championship in 2003 with 207 winners. His major successes include the Arc de Triomphe, the Breeders’ Cup Turf, the Dubai Duty Free and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in England.
Surender has won the jockeys’ title in India no fewer than five times and has won virtually all the major races in that country. He has ridden over 900 winners from 2800 rides, including some 40 successes in Macau.
Oliver is a household name in Australia and has won 80 Group 1 races, including the Melbourne Cup twice, four Caulfield Cups, two Cox Plates and a Golden Slipper to complete the Grand Slam of Australian Racing. He has won the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership on seven occasions and ridden with success in New Zealand, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland and England.
The international riders will compete against South Africa’s best jockeys in a thrilling four-race challenge on Steinhoff Summer Cup day. It will be the first international jockeys’ contest in South Africa in some 20 years and JSE-listed Phumelela, which operates horseracing and/or tote betting in seven of South Africa’s nine provinces, is proud to have been able to secure such a formidable international team.
The following jockeys will represent South Africa:
* Mark Khan
* Anton Marcus
* Weichong Marwing
* Karl Neisius
* Kevin Shea
* Piere Strydom
The team chosen brims with talent and experience. Khan has beenchampion jockey of South Africa five times during his career, whileformer champion jockey Strydom is a household name and has finished inthe first three on the national jockeys’ log for the last five seasons.
Marcus has also consistently finished high on the national jockeys’ login recent years and has enjoyed an ultra-successful yearinternationally, winning the $5-million Dubai Duty Free and theSingapore Airlines Cup on Jay Peg.
Marwing and Shea have enjoyed enormous success, both locally andabroad. Between them they have ridden several winners in recent yearsat Dubai World Cup, the richest race meeting in the world. Marwing iscurrently riding in Hong Kong, where he rode with great success forseveral years before becoming stable jockey to trainer Mike de Kock.:fff:Shea, who is now De Kock’s stable jockey, won the $5-million DubaiSheema Classic on De Kock’s charge Sun Classique at Dubai World Cupearlier this year and is currently riding for the stable in the UK.
Cape-based Karl Neisius has long been regarded as one of the country’stop riders and has performed consistently well on the national jockeys’table. It is hoped that the South African riders will be awardedSpringbok colours and the NHA has made the necessary application to therelevant bodies.:ddd: A decision is expected by the middle of October.
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