THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP Ascot, Saturday, August 12, 2017 MEDIA GUIDE 1 INDEX 3 The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup 5 Order of Running & Admission Details 6 Raceday Programme, Concert Schedule 7 The Prizes, Stable Staff Awards 8 Best Day’s Racing for Owners, Reserves & Winning Post – The Official Bookmaker 9 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Rules, Draw Procedure, Allocation of Horses to Teams & Jockeys to Mounts 10 Great Britain & Ireland Team 11 Europe Team 12 The Girls Team 13 The Rest Of The World Team 15 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Previous Results at Ascot 17 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Leading Jockeys & Jockey Records, Record of Teams in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup 19 Remembering Shergar 20 Dubai Duty Free – an unrivalled airport retailer 21 The Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle 22 Ascot Media Contacts 2 THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP • The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is the world’s premier jockeys’ competition, a unique event where three top riders in each of four teams - Great Britain & Ireland, Europe, Rest of the World and The Girls - battle against each other in a thrilling six-race showdown. • Canada’s Emma-Jayne Wilson, who captained and inspired The Girls to a famous victory in 2015, is back and will team up again with Britain’s most successful female jockey ever, Hayley Turner, who will be riding in a record 11th Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. They should be joined by newcomer Michelle Payne who made history in 2015 and became a worldwide sensation when the first female rider to win the Melbourne Cup, the race that stops Australia, on the 100/1 chance Prince of Penzance. Payne missed out on the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup last year because of injury. Turner, a familiar face on At The Races and ITV Racing since retiring from race riding at the end of 2015, has returned to the saddle on occasions in 2017 and recently revealed she will be riding in France this winter to take advantage of a 2kg allowance for female jockeys. Wilson, Canada’s most successful female rider having ridden nearly 1,400 North American winners, returns for her sixth Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup appearance. • Michelle Payne plans to make her Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut in 2017. She has been feeling a little under the weather since arriving in the UK, however, and as this is a unique jockeys’ competition, Hollie Doyle has kindly agreed to be on standby. Hollie will be able to claim her 3lb apprentices’ allowance on any mounts she is required to take. Nick Smith, Director of Racing & Communications, Ascot, said: “We hope very much that Michelle will be fit to ride. She is resting up now, and very hopeful. We are very grateful to Hollie for agreeing to sit on the subs bench on Saturday, before she goes off to ride at Lingfield in the evening.” • Dual Melbourne Cup winner Kerrin McEvoy, who knows Ascot well after his stint with Godolphin, leads the Rest Of The World for the second time, following third place in 2015. His teammates are two new recruits to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup – South African Anthony Delpech and Keita Tosaki, Japan’s champion jockey. Both jockeys are riding in Britain for the first time at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. • Team Europe is captained by Netherlands-born Adrie De Vries, who has ridden all around the world and earlier this year won the G2 Dubai City of Gold on Godolphin’s Prize Money at Meydan. He has enjoyed a winner at Ascot and is joined by Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debutant Alexander Pietsch, the German champion jockey in 2015 and runner-up in 2016. It will be Pietsch’s first Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup appearance, but the second time riding at Ascot having partnered Agenor (13th) in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot 2016. The team is completed by Italy’s Umberto Rispolli, a dual champion jockey in his homeland who is now a Hong Kong regular. • Dual British champion jockey Jamie Spencer, making his fifth Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup appearance, leads the Great Britain and Ireland team. He is vastly experienced at Ascot and has enjoyed 24 Royal Ascot victories. The team also consists of British-based Fran Berry and Hong Kong-based Neil Callan. Both have participated in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup previously, with Berry the leading jockey at the 2010 event. • The six races are limited to 10 runners with either two or three horses racing for each team (this balances itself out over the course of the afternoon), and points are awarded on a 15, 10, 7, 5, 3 basis to the first five horses home (non-runners score 4 points). • Subject to full fields, each jockey has five rides. This is to ensure that in the event of an injury, there is a spare jockey on each team who can assume mounts. The team with the highest total after the sixth race lifts the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. 3 • The jockey amassing the most individual points will take home an additional £3,000 plus the Alistair Haggis “Silver Saddle” trophy. • All six races are handicaps and all will be run with identical prize money - £45,000 per race. • There are two reserves per race, who can be utilised up to 45 minutes before each contest is run. • Owners have a fantastic opportunity on Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Day - there are no entry fees for the races, there is prize money down to last place (with reserves that miss out on a run paid £500 appearance money) and there is complimentary hospitality throughout the day. • Dubai Duty Free has been associated with the Shergar Cup since its inception, initially as team sponsor of the Rest of the World team and as a race sponsor. In 2006, the company became title sponsor for the first time and since 2014 has sponsored the entire event. • The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is being run for the 17th time at Ascot. The Shergar Cup first took place at Ascot in 2000 as a jockeys’ competition. It has gone from strength to strength ever since, attracting bumper crowds year after year, and 2017 is already sold out. The event did not happen in 2005 because the racecourse was being redeveloped. • The jockeys competing in the four-team Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup will again wear full team colours at this year’s renewal. Please see the jockeys’ biographies section (pages 10-14) for further information about this year’s team colours. • Cheerleaders will welcome the winning rider back after each race and be part of the opening and closing ceremonies. • Each team will have an anthem for the day, played whenever they have a winner - GB&I: The Boys Are Back in Town; ROW: Rockin All Over The World; GIRLS: Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves; EUR: Ca Plane Pour Moi. • The tote is offering an overall team bet and a Silver Saddle/Top Jockey bet. • All six races will be broadcast for first time by ITV, on the ITV4 channel. • Since 2012, when the existing four teams first competed against each other, the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup has been won twice by Europe (2013 & 2014) and Rest of the World (2012 & 2016) and once by The Girls (2015). “The competition remembers Shergar, who won the 1981 Derby at Epsom Downs by the record margin of 10 lengths. • Away from the track, the racing will be followed by the ever-popular Party In The Paddock. Craig David presents TS5 headlines this year's concert and he will be joined by All Saints and Welsh rock band Feeder. Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills will also perform between sets and into the evening to keep racegoers entertained. 4 ORDER OF RUNNING Ascot, Saturday, August 12, 2017 The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup The Dubai Duty Free 1.05 pm Shergar Cup Dash 3+ £45,000 5f (Handicap) (Class 2)(86-105) The Dubai Duty Free 1.40 pm Shergar Cup Stayers 4+ £45,000 1m 7f 209y (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) The Dubai Duty Free 2.15 pm Shergar Cup Challenge 4+ £45,000 1m 3f 211y (Handicap) (Class 3)(76-95) The Dubai Duty Free 2.50 pm Shergar Cup Mile 4+ £45,000 7f 213y (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) The Dubai Duty Free 3.25 pm Shergar Cup Classic 3 £45,000 1m 3f 211y (Handicap) (Class 3)(76-95) The Dubai Duty Free 4.00 pm Shergar Cup Sprint 3 £45,000 6f (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) ADMISSION DETAILS All enclosures are SOLD OUT except for some hospitality packages – please go to www.ascot.co.uk for further information. 5 TIMETABLE OF EVENTS RACEDAY PROGRAMME 11:00am Gates Open 12:15pm Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Opening Ceremony 1.05pm Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup First Race 4:00pm Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Last Race 4.10pm Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Closing Ceremony 4:30pm Concert Starts (subject to change) 8:30pm Concert Finishes (subject to change) Times may be subject to change CONCERT SCHEDULE (TIMINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ON THE DAY) CRAIG DAVID PRESENTS TS5 From a UK Garage pioneer to a mainstream multi-million seller, Craig David is so much more than your average artist. The Southampton born singer is a truly exceptional individual who transcends the norm, consistently outdoes expectation and continues to push musical boundaries. From Ivor Novello awards to sales of over 13 million, two No.1s, 14 Top 10 hits, huge success in America and sold-out shows across the world, Craig is one of the UK music scene’s most successful male solo artists.