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All The News from the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Draw
05/08/11
The draw for the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup was held yesterday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge.
The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is the world’s premier international jockeys’ team competition with four teams, each consisting of three jockeys, representing Great Britain (GBR), Ireland (IRE), Europe (EUR) and the Rest of the World (ROW).
Line-ups for the four teams are as follows:
Great Britain - Paul Hanagan (Captain), Hayley Turner, Jim Crowley
Ireland - Richard Hughes (Captain), Fran Berry, Colm O’Donoghue
Europe - Olivier Peslier (Captain), Christophe Lemaire, Mirco Demuro
Rest of the World - Douglas Whyte (Captain), Yutaka Take, Hugh Bowman
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Ladbrokes, the official bookmakers to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, make the Great Britain team 7/4 favourite after the draw and then go 5/2 Ireland, 7/2 Europe & 7/2 Rest Of The World.
Britain has yet to win the competition since the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup became a four-team competition in 2007.
Held at Ascot this Saturday, August 6, the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup consists of a six-race programme, with 10 runners in each race. Each jockey will have a total of five rides throughout the afternoon with points awarded on a 15, 10, 7, 5, 3 basis for the first five horses home in each race. The team with the highest total after the six races have been run lifts the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup while the individual jockey who gains the most points will be awarded the Silver Saddle.
The three international jockeys riding for the Rest of the World team were present at today’s draw - Douglas Whyte, the South African-born 11-times champion jockey in Hong Kong, Australian Hugh Bowman, who will shortly be returning Down Under after a second stint riding in Britain, and Japanese legend Yutaka Take.
Whyte is the jockey in Hong Kong, having just won his 11th consecutive jockeys’ championship in the Chinese territory.
The South African is recognised virtually everywhere he goes in Hong Kong, constantly asked for his autograph and about the chances of the horses he rides.
But, with the Hong Kong season having ended on July 10, he is currently on his official holiday.
This means he can relax to a certain extent and delight in the anonymity afforded by London.
And the 39-year-old, who always has to watch his weight, is delighted to be involved in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup jockeys’ competition at Ascot on Saturday, August 6.
It will be the fourth time that he as participated in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, following on from 2002, 2003 and 2006 so he is no stranger to Ascot and indeed finished third on South African champion London News in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at the 1997 Royal Meeting at the course.
Whyte said today: “The Shergar Cup is unique in that it is a team effort rather than just an individual competition.
“It is good because there is a different side to it. If you cannot win the race, then you are rooting for your team mates.
“So albeit competitive individually, you are trying to win something as a team as well. It is a lot more relaxed.”
He has been in London just over a week with his family and is keeping active.
“The Shergar Cup is good because it also gets me out of bed in the mornings, keeps me running and mentally active. I am reading the papers, watching the television and everything to keep up to date.
“It means I cannot let myself down which is good. I have to be careful with my weight as I am tall - 1.67 metres.
“I have had a fantastic time here so far - the food is amazing in London and I certainly have to put in a bit of effort in (to counteract it).
“My normal weight in Hong Kong is 120 (8st 8lb) and I generally ride there at 117 or 118 so I have to run in plastics or go in the sauna.
“I don’t know what I am at the moment but I am a lot heavier than 120 and I hope my rides are at a decent weight on Saturday.”
One of the pleasures of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup for jockeys involved is meeting other riders from around the world.
Whyte explained: “Unfortunately in Hong Kong, I have a role to play. I have got a standard to set as I am an example to people so I don’t socialise with other jockeys there. I have to present myself in a professional manner.
“When new guys (jockeys) come in I will go out and greet them - I am very respectful of them - but I never to get to go out with them but here I do and I can be more natural and enjoy it.”
Whyte has broken the record for the number of winners ridden in Hong Kong and number of champion jockey titles and is naturally proud of those achievements.
“I would like to stay and add to it - that is why I am so competitive. I am hoping it will be a good number of years before anyone can better the number of winners I have had in Hong Kong.”
He first went to Hong Kong on a three-month licence back in 1996 and has spent 13 years in total riding there.
Racing takes place on Wednesday evenings and Sundays during the season and he rides out six mornings a week.
During the last nine Hong Kong seasons, he has ridden as a freelance after three attached to a stable. Even so, 80 per cent of his rides for the last four years have been for trainer John Size.
The quality of horses racing in Hong Kong has steadily increased and he would love to ride at Ascot in a Group One race on a horse challenging from the former British colony.
“Hong Kong racing has been the be-all and end-all of my career and the horses there are now doing well when going for big races in Japan, Australia, Dubai and elsewhere.
“I am itching to get back to Royal Ascot with one or two horses.”
The new Hong Kong season starts on September 11 and Whyte will return before the end of August to prepare for going after his 12th jockeys’ championship.
LATEST GOING
Chris Stickels, Clerk of the Course at Ascot, reported at 1.30pm today: “The going was good at 8.00am this morning but since then we have had eight millimetres of rain.
“I will give the rain a chance to soak into the track and then walk the course later this afternoon. I would think that the going is likely to ease.”
DETAILS OF THE DRAW FOR THE 2011 DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP
The 10 runners in each race were ranked from 1 to 10 by form experts/odds compilers from Ladbrokes, the Official Bookmaker to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. A complex formula was created to ensure that each of the four teams - Great Britain, Ireland, Europe and Rest of the World - received a balanced spread of higher and lower ranked/priced horses and, further to that, that each of the three jockeys representing each team also gets a balanced spread of higher and lower ranked/priced horses for his/her five rides.
ASCOT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2011
12.50pm THE LES AMBASSADEURS CASINO SHERGAR CUP MILE 1m
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+ Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below).Weights: highest weight 10st, minimum weight 8st 9lb. Penalties: after July 30th, each race won 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) SWIFT GIFT (Anamoine Limited) Ed Dunlop 6-9-06 Hugh Bowman [1] ROW - 11/2 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) DUNN´O (Dennis Shaw) Clive Cox 6-9-06 Fran Berry [12] IRE - 5/1
3) WANNABE KING (Saif Ali & Saeed Altayer) David Lanigan 5-9-05 Mirco Demuro [2] EUR - 10/1
4) SARRSAR (Godolphin) Saeed Bin Suroor 4-9-04 Paul Hanagan [6] GBR - 5/1
5) SNOW BAY (Pinnacle Bahamian Bounty Partnership) David Nicholls 5-9-04 Jim Crowley [11] GBR - 7/1
6) CIRCUMVENT (The Fairy Story Partnership) Paul Cole 4-9-04 Douglas Whyte [10] ROW - 7/1
7) DUBAI DYNAMO (The Bottom Liners) Ruth Carr 6-9-03 Richard Hughes [3] IRE - 7/1
8) AUTUMN BLADES (John Stocker) Alan Bailey 6-9-03 Hayley Turner [9] GBR - 16/1
9) MASTER OF ARTS (Roger Brookhouse) Mark Johnston 6-9-03 Yutaka Take [7] ROW - 16/1
10) DOCTOR CRANE (Rachel Hood) John Gosden 5-9-01 Olivier Peslier [8] EUR - 8/1
RESERVE 1) FREEFORADAY (Inside Track Racing Club) John Best 4-9-01 [4]
RESERVE 2) DESERT KISS (The Capers) Walter Swinburn 6-9-00 [5]
1.25pm THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP STAYERS 2m
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+ Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below).Weights: highest weight 10st, minimum weight 8st 9lb. Penalties: after July 30th, each race won 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) WOOLFALL TREASURE (Andrew Bradmore) Gary Moore 6-9-09 Paul Hanagan [2] GBR - 14/1 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) COLLOQUIAL (Mrs David Blackburn & M Blackburn) Henry Candy 10-9-09 Colm O’Donoghue [7] IRE - 6/1
3) DAYIA (Lady Green) Lydia Pearce 7-9-07 Jim Crowley [3] GBR - 14/1
4) LA VECCHIA SCUOLA (Johnnie Delta Racing) Jim Goldie 7-9-05 Hugh Bowman [6] ROW - 9/1
5) ILE DE RE (Michael Watt) Ian Williams 5-9-05 Yutaka Take [9] ROW - 7/1
6) BALAJO (Alison Batchelor) Alison Batchelor 5-9-04 Christophe Lemaire [8] EUR - 16/1
7) HAWK MOUNTAIN (Paul Morrison & Nick Luck) John Quinn 6-9-04 Olivier Peslier [11] EUR - 4/1
8) CHINK OF LIGHT (David Brownlow) Andrew Balding 4-9-04 Mirco Demuro [1] EUR - 14/1
9) ERMYN LODGE (Ermyn Lodge Stud & Heatherwold Stud) Pat Phelan 5-9-04 Hayley Turner [12] GBR - 3/1
10) PHOENIX FLIGHT (D Ross) James Evans 6-9-03 Fran Berry [10] IRE - 9/1
RESERVE 1) EXEMPLARY (Dr Marwan Koukash) Mark Johnston 4-9-02 [5]
RESERVE 2) BOWDLER´S MAGIC (Paul Dean) Mark Johnston 4-9-00 [4]
2.00pm THE BARCLAYS SHERGAR CUP DASH 5f
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo+ Rated 86-105 (also open to such horses rated 85 and below). Weights: highest weight 10st (3 y o 9st 11lb), minimum weight 8st 9lb, (3 y o 8st 6lb). Penalties: after July 30th, each race won 3lb, weight for age 3yo from 4yo+ 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) MEDICEAN MAN (Stuart Dobb & Miss Kate Dobb) Jeremy Gask 5-10-01 Christophe Lemaire [8] EUR - 3/1 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) DUCHESS DORA (The Clay Family) John Quinn 4-9-10 Fran Berry [4] IRE - 5/1
3) REVERENCE (Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook) Eric Alston 10-9-09 Douglas Whyte [9] ROW - 8/1
4) ADDICTIVE DREAM (Caveat Emptor Partnership) Walter Swinburn 4-9-07 Paul Hanagan [12] GBR - 11/2
5) BURNING THREAD (Tim Etherington) Tim Etherington 4-9-06 Colm O’Donoghue [5] IRE - 33/1
6) DOCTOR PARKES (Joseph Heler) Eric Alston 5-9-06 Hayley Turner [3] GBR - 12/1
7) MISTER MANANNAN (Mrs M Schofield) David Nicholls 4-9-04 Olivier Peslier [6] EUR - 20/1
8) DUNGANNON (I G Burbidge) Andrew Balding 4-9-04 Hugh Bowman [2] ROW - 6/1
9) SHOSHONI WIND (Hambleton Racing Ltd XVI) Kevin Ryan 3-9-02 Mirco Demuro [11] EUR - 9/1
10) SOHRAAB (Pangfield Racing) Hughie Morrison 7-9-00 Richard Hughes [7] GBR - 8/1
RESERVE 1) MYMUMSAYSIMTHEBEST (Mrs M J George) Gary Moore 6-8-12 [1]
RESERV2) LIVING IT LARGE (T Gould) Ed De Giles 4-8-10 [10]
2.30pm THE TITANIC BELFAST SHERGAR CUP CLASSIC 1m 4f
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo Rated 76-95 (also open to such horses rated 75 and below). Weights: highest weight 10st, minimum weight 8st 9lb. Penalties: after July 30th, each race won 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) SEELO (George Strawbridge) John Gosden 3-9-09 Jim Crowley [3] GBR - 12/1 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) HALIFAX (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-9-08 Olivier Peslier [6] EUR - 8/1
3) JEHANBUX (K N Dhunjibhoy, V B Shirke, B M Desai) Richard Hannon 3-9-08 Fran Berry [4] IRE - 20/1
4) IVAN VASILEVICH (Chris Fahy) Jane Chapple-Hyam 3-9-06 Christophe Lemaire [7] EUR - 6/1
5) ITHOUGHTITWASOVER (Crone Stud Farms) Ltd Mark Johnston 3-9-05 Richard Hughes [9] IRE - 3/1
6) ART HISTORY (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-9-04 Yutaka Take [5] ROW - 8/1
7) PIVOTMAN (John Connolly) Amanda Perrett 3-9-04 Hayley Turner [11] GBR - 9/2
8) PARLOUR GAMES (Godolphin) Mahmood Al Zarooni 3-9-03 Colm O’Donoghue [8] IRE - 10/1
9) SWIFT ALHAARTH (Dr Marwan Koukash) Mark Johnston 3-9-03 Douglas Whyte [2] ROW - 6/1
10) STATE OPERA (Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum) Mark Johnston 3-9-02 Hugh Bowman [1] ROW -25/1
RESERVE 1) THUBIAAN (Hamdan Al Maktoum) William Haggas 3-9-02 [12]
RESERVE 2) DRAGONERA (J Weatherby, Champneys) Ed Dunlop 3-9-00 [10]
3.00pm THE MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL SHERGAR CUP CHALLENGE 1m 4f
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 4yo+ Rated 76-95 (also open to such horses rated 75 and below). Weights: highest weight 10st, minimum weight 8st 9lb. Penalties: after July 30th, each race won 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) WALDVOGEL (Craig Bennett) Nicky Richards 7-9-05 Olivier Peslier [7] EUR - 8/1 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) ROCK A DOODLE DOO (The Doodle Doo Partnership) William Jarvis 4-9-05 Yutaka Take [6] ROW - 3/1
3) CHOCK A BLOCK (Godolphin) Saeed Bin Suroor 5-9-05 Richard Hughes [8] IRE - 9/1
4) PIPETTE (George Strawbridge) Andrew Balding 4-9-04 Colm O’Donoghue [12] IRE - 7/1
5) AVERROES (H E Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan) Clive Cox 4-9-04 Mirco Demuro [5] EUR - 11/2
6) CLASSIC VINTAGE ® & P Scott A & J Powell Gallagher Stud) Amanda Perrett 5-9-03 Douglas Whyte [2] ROW - 14/1
7) ZUIDER ZEE (H R H Princess Haya Of Jordan) John Gosden 4-9-02 Jim Crowley [4] GBR - 6/1
8) AUSTRALIA DAY (Skippy & The Partners) Paul Webber 8-9-02 Christophe Lemaire [11] EUR - 16/1
9) LIFE AND SOUL (Alan Spence) Amanda Perrett 4-9-01 Hayley Turner [1] GBR - 8/1
10) ENGLISH SUMMER (Dr Marwan Koukash) Mark Johnston 4-9-01 Paul Hanagan [3] GBR - 14/1
RESERVE 1) APPRIMUS (Lucia Botti) Marco Botti 5-9-01 [9]
RESERVE 2) UPHOLD (Whispering Winds) Gay Kelleway 4-9-00 [10]
3.35pm THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP SPRINT 6f
Class 2, Handicap, £30,000 Total Prize Fund. For 3yo Rated 81-100 (also open to such horses rated 80 and below).Weights: highest weight 10st, minimum weight 8st 9lb. Penalties: after July 31st, each race won 3lb. Penalty Values: 1st: £14,769; 2nd: £5,172; 3rd: £2,364; 4th: £1,845; 5th: £1,626; 6th: £1,182
1) FIREBEAM (Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-Blue Peter) William Haggas 3-10-00 Paul Hanagan [7] GBR - 5/4 (Ladbrokes odds)
2) DESERT LAW (Jeff Smith) Andrew Balding 3-9-12 Colm O’Donoghue [12] IRE - 9/2
3) MORACHE MUSIC R P Marchant, D M Ahier, Mrs E Lee) Peter Makin 3-9-06 Fran Berry [3] IRE - 12/1
4) KINGSCROFT (Dr Marwan Koukash) Mark Johnston 3-9-06 Douglas Whyte [6] ROW - 8/1
5) GLAS BURN (Jaliza Partnership) Jonathan Portman 3-9-04 Mirco Demuro [8] EUR - 20/1
6) AVONMORE STAR (Ken Geering) Richard Hannon 3-9-03 Jim Crowley [10] GBR - 25/1
7) AZZURRA DU CAPRIO (Blue Lion Racing IX) Ben Haslam 3-9-02 Christophe Lemaire [9] EUR - 10/1
8) JULIUS GEEZER (Basing Bellman Newton Stroud) Tom Dascombe 3-9-02 Hugh Bowman [11] ROW - 10/1
9) GOOGLETTE (Pearl Bloodstock Ltd) Edward Vaughan 3-9-02 Yutaka Take [5] ROW - 25/1
10) LOKI´S REVENGE (Dr J Walker) William Jarvis 3-9-00 Richard Hughes [2] IRE - 14/1
RESERVE 1) ST AUGUSTINE (B Malt, S Malcolm & A Longman) John Best 3-9-00 [1]
RESERVE 2) NAMWAHJOBO (Ambrose Turnbull) Jim Goldie 3-8-12 [4]
