Salute The Soldier Emerges as Dubai World Cup Contender bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RIYADH: With the Saudi Cup less than a fortnight away, the likely runners for the two-day $30.5 million event have been revealed.
The field will be led by a strong American contingent including Brad Cox’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup winner Knicks Go.
The King Abdul Aziz Racecourse in Riyadh will host 77 overseas contenders representing 13 different countries from around the world who between them have won 24 Group or Grade 1 contests.
Also lining up in the Saudi capital from the US will be Grade 1 Malibu Stakes winner Charlatan, and Tacitus, who finished fifth in the inaugural race last year and is owned by Juddmonte Farms.
Charlatan, Knicks Go Matchup Likely in Saudi Cup bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
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Randy Hill on the left of Vekoma after his 2019 Blue Grass victory, Mike Gatsas on the right, trainer George Weaver on the far right
Randy Hill s perseverance over two decades of owning thoroughbreds was rewarded this week when his multiple Grade 1-winner Channel Maker was crowned 2020 Champion Turf Male at Thursday s Eclipse Awards.
Owned by Hill s R.A. Hill Stable in partnership with Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable, Channel Maker posted two gate-to-wire Grade 1 victories on the NYRA circuit in 2020 with triumphs in the Sword Dancer Invitational at Saratoga and the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park, the latter of which he also won in 2018.