International jockey challenge

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: The Citizen to sponsor International Jockeys’ Challenge again
DATE: Thursday 25 August 2011
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PHUMELELA is proud to announce that The Citizen will sponsor the International Jockeys’ Challenge again this year.
Said Larry Wainstein, chairman of the Racing Association, which represents the interests of racehorse owners in Phumelela racing regions and is the driving force behind the Jockeys’ Challenge: ``We’re thrilled that The Citizen, who sponsored the event for the first time last year, is on board again. Their involvement will give the Challenge exposure and create interest to help us grow the event.’’
Wainstein attended the Ebor Festival at York last week and says that a number of riders he met there had said they were keen to come to South Africa to take their revenge for the international team’s defeat at the last three Challenges, which were all won by the Proteas.
``The international team will only be finalised by the end of September because the jockeys might have commitments later in the season. But riders like Kieren Fallon, Frankie Dettori, Richard Hughes, Jamie Spencer, Hayley Turner, Olivier Peslier, Christophe Soumillon and Ryan Moore are all showing an interest. We can only bring out six people, but by the looks of it, it’s going to be a strong international team.’’
The Protea team will comprise the leading four jockeys last season, Anton Marcus (captain), Anthony Delpech, Muzi Yeni and Felix Coetzee, plus two ``wild-cards’’, who will be picked within the next two weeks.
Like last year, The Citizen International Jockeys’ Challenge will be staged across two meetings - the first on Friday night 11 November at Turffontein where two feature races will be run, the R300,000 Victory Moon Stakes (Grade 2) and the R135,000 Gardenia Handicap (Listed), and the second on Sunday 13 November at Kenilworth, where the R300,000 Betting World Merchants (G2) tops the programme.
The teams will compete in four races at each of the two meetings. Points will be scored according to finishing positions over the two racedays. The international team will also compete against a six-man ``Rising Star’’ team at each of the meetings.
There will be a draw for mounts in each of the challenge races and the runners will be seeded beforehand in order to equalise the chances of the two teams as much as is possible.
In order to try and ensure maximum fields of 14 (12 runners and two reserves), Phumelela’s Racing Executive Patrick Davis said that he had boosted the stakes in the five handicap races at the Turffontein fixture. The MR 92 Handicap over 1800m, the MR 90 Handicap over 1400m and two MR 86 Handicaps over 1400m and 2450m respectively (races normally worth from R83,000 to around R95,000) will be worth R120,000 each, while the MR 78 Handicap will carry a stake of R90,000.
``Of course, if any of the fields for these races fails to attract sufficient horses, Phumelela has reserved the right to select an alternative race,’’ said Davis, adding that another condition of entry was that the jockeys would race in their country’s team colours, rather than the owners’ silks.

Why piss about over two days?

send out an all girl team

How much does this event cost?

gregbucks Wrote:

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> How much does this event cost?


why greg? as long as we can punt who cares?

Haha... I was thinking of the grand they owe ABC....<

They tell me one of the girl jockeys has really got a cunning stunt , while riding......

That last bit about jockeys wearing their team colours will probably start another storm in a teacup....lol.<

magiclips Wrote:

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> That last bit about jockeys wearing their team
> colours will probably start another storm in a
> teacup....lol.<


Stop stirring the pot Matt...<

Do the winning team take off their tops

magiclips Wrote:

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> That last bit about jockeys wearing their team
> colours will probably start another storm in a
> teacup....lol.<


Ha ha that was the most stuck up thing i read last year,but rules are rules lol

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AIR MAURITIUS and the Racing Association have signed a sponsorship deal worth some R500,000 for The Citizen Jockeys’ International Challenge.
Larry Wainstein, chairman of the Racing Association which represents racehorse owners in Phumelela racing regions and is the driving force behind annual competition, said: ``We are thrilled to have Air Mauritius on board for this prestigious event. Both parties were keen to reach an agreement and I hope our association will continue well into the future.’’
Air Mauritius, the award-winning national airline for the popular tourist destination in the Indian Ocean, flies to 26 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
In other news, the five-star Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town has agreed to host the two teams during their stay in the ``Mother City’’.
This will be the Racing Association’s fourth The Citizen Jockeys’ International Challenge. The Challenge will be held over two meetings, the first on Friday 11 November at Turffontein with the finale on Sunday 13 November at Kenilworth.
A team of six Proteas captained by ruling champion jockey Anton Marcus will ride against a hot international team in eight merit-rated races. The international team will also compete against a six-man ``Rising Star’’ team in a race at each of the fixtures.
The Citizen Jockeys’ International Challenge has been won by the Proteas in all three years since its inception and Marcus and his fellow South Africans will be hoping they can extend their winning sequence.
Four South African riders have already been confirmed. The top riders on the national jockeys’ log for the previous season are automatic inclusions and Marcus will be joined by Anthony Delpech, Muzi Yeni and Felix Coetzee. The two ``wild-card’’ riders will be announced next week.

The international team will be confirmed next month because ``although jockeys like Kieren Fallon, Frankie Dettori, Richard Hughes, Jamie Spencer, Hayley Turner, Olivier Peslier, Christophe Soumillon and Ryan Moore are all keen to come, they might have commitments elsewhere’’, said Wainstein.

He added: ``Unfortunately, two of the riders are injured and their participation in The Citizen Jockeys’ International Challenge will depend on their recovery - Hayley broke an ankle a week ago while Ryan broke a shoulder in a fall at Goodwood in July.’’
Turner, who was a big drawcard at last year’s event, has enjoyed a brilliant season with 83 winners, two at Group 1 level, and is hoping the cast will be removed this month.