THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP. Ascot, Saturday, August 12, 2017 MEDIA GUIDE

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1 THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP Ascot, Saturday, August 12, 2017 MEDIA GUIDE 1

2 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

3 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 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. 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 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 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 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. 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. 3

4 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; : 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

5 ORDER OF RUNNING Ascot, Saturday, August 12, 2017 The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup 1.05 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Dash (Handicap) (Class 2)(86-105) 3+ 45,000 5f 1.40 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Stayers (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) 4+ 45,000 1m 7f 209y 2.15 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (Handicap) (Class 3)(76-95) 4+ 45,000 1m 3f 211y 2.50 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Mile (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) 4+ 45,000 7f 213y 3.25 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Classic (Handicap) (Class 3)(76-95) 3 45,000 1m 3f 211y 4.00 pm The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Sprint (Handicap) (Class 2)(81-100) 3 45,000 6f ADMISSION DETAILS All enclosures are SOLD OUT except for some hospitality packages please go to for further information. 5

6 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. 7.10pm. ALL SAINTS All Saints (Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, Natalie & Nicole Appleton) became one of the most successful pop groups of the 1990s, with two multi-platinum albums and record sales in excess of 12 million worldwide. Their debut album, All Saints went 5x platinum and produced 3 number-one singles, including the double BRIT award-winning Never Ever which ended up selling over 1.2 million copies in the UK. The album also spawned the No 1 singles Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade & Bootie Call. 5.50pm. FEEDER Following their Top 10 album and sold out Autumn tour in 2016, Feeder return to complete the second half of their #AllBrightElectric Tour in The group first shot to fame when their debut EP Swim was released to huge critical acclaim in Since then they have had 25 Top 40 hits with the likes of Feeling A Moment, Just The Way I m Feeling, Just A Day and Buck Rogers and amassed over five million record sales along with three Platinum and two Gold Albums. 4.40pm. SCOTT MILLS Scott Mills will be hosting the after-racing concert and DJ ing before and between acts. Scott's BBC Radio 1 show has created some of the most popular radio features ever, from Flirt Divert, Playground Insults and the world famous Innuendo Bingo. 4.40pm and 8.10pm to 8.30pm. 6

7 THE PRIZES THE SHERGAR CUP At stake for the winning team is the magnificent Shergar Cup, which depicts the mighty 1981 Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner. It was graciously provided by His Highness The Aga Khan, who owned Shergar. Points will be awarded to the first five horses to finish in each of the six Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup races as follows - winner: 15 points; second: 10 points; third: 7 points; fourth: 5 points; fifth: 3 points. If there is a non-runner which cannot be replaced by a reserve, 4 points will be awarded both to the team and jockey missing out on the ride. The team with the most points after the six races have been run will receive the Shergar Cup at the closing ceremony. If a dead-heat occurs in a race, the points for the two places are added together, divided by two and shared between the two jockeys/teams. If there is a tie for the Team or Silver Saddle competitions, there will be a countback on the number of winners and the team/jockey with the most winners will be adjudged the winner overall; if they are still level, then second places will be counted, then if necessary third places and then if necessary fourth places. If they are still level, there will be joint winners. The six races are worth a total of 270,000 in prize money, paid down to 10th (last) place in all six races. With no entry fees to pay and 500 in number cloth sponsorship per contest for the ITVtelevised races, these are the only races run during the year in Britain when every owner represented by a runner should be guaranteed to, at the very least, cover their costs. ALISTAIR HAGGIS SILVER SADDLE The jockey amassing the most individual points will take home an additional 3,000 plus the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle trophy. DUBAI DUTY FREE RIDE OF THE DAY One jockey will receive the Dubai Duty Free Ride Of The Day Award. STABLE STAFF AWARDS Stable staff will once again benefit from special prizes worth over 5,000, more than on any other raceday in Britain. There is a 200 prize for the groom in charge of the best turned out horse in every race, while the winning lad or lass in each race will also receive 200. In addition, 100 will be given to the lad or lass leading up the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th horses (i.e. the other points scorers) in every race. Stable staff will enjoy free food and drink in the stable staff canteen. 7

8 BEST DAY S RACING FOR OWNERS * Free entry for every race - so there s nothing whatsoever to lose by entering. * 270,000 in prize money. * Last (10th) place prize money worth 553 in all races. * Number cloth sponsorship in all ITV-televised races. * Free hospitality - high-class buffet lunch, afternoon tea and free bar all day for owners and trainers with runners or reserves. * Travel allowance of 500 for reserves if they do not get a run. RESERVES There are two reserves for every race. A reserve can be brought in up to 45 minutes before each race. Runners have to declare to run one hour before each race, at which point there is a 15-minute window in which to bring in a reserve if there is a non-runner. Reserves that do not get a run will receive a 500 travel allowance. WINNING POST THE OFFICIAL BOOKMAKER For the fourth year, Winning Post is the official bookmaker to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. Winning Post was established over 30 years ago by Roy Holbrook with its first shop in Filton on the north side of Bristol. The firm has a chain of nine shops in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Wales. Winning Post commenced the operation of the main betting shop at Ascot Racecourse shortly before Royal Ascot in 2014 and also operates the racecourse betting shop at Cheltenham. For further information, please go to 8

9 DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP RULES The competition is an international jockeys tournament with 12 riders taking part, three in each of the four teams - The Girls (GIRLS) Great Britain & Ireland (GBI), Europe (EUR) and the Rest of the World (). All horses entered are eligible to represent one of the four teams, regardless of ownership, and to be ridden by any of the jockeys participating in the competition. The six races will be limited to 10 runners and two reserves. Reserves must travel to Ascot on the day and can be substituted up until 45 minutes before their race. Reserves who do not run will be paid 500. Entries must be made by noon on Monday, August 7. Declarations to run must be made at the 48-hour stage, by 10.00am on Thursday, August 10. The top 10 in the weights (including penalties) at the 48-hour declaration stage will run, with those horses 11th and 12th in the weights acting as reserves. DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP DRAW PROCEDURE The British Horseracing Authority has granted special permission to the Ascot Racecourse Executive to stage a Draw on Thursday, August 10, at which jockeys from the four competing teams will be allocated horses. ALLOCATION OF HORSES TO TEAMS AND JOCKEYS TO MOUNTS 1. In all races, the horses selected to run will be the top 10 in the handicap. Race analyst and broadcaster James Willoughby will rank the horses from 1-10 after declaration. 2. Once the ranking process has been completed, the four team names will go into a ballot. The order in which they are randomly drawn will determine which set of horses is allocated to each team. 3. Using a mathematical model, the International Racing Bureau (IRB) will then allocate jockeys automatically using the rankings. This gives the jockeys and teams an even spread of fancied mounts through the meeting. 4. A second ballot will then take place. The three jockeys representing each team will be drawn at random to determine an order (e.g. The Girls 1, The Girls 2 & The Girls 3) and will then be allocated to their rides according to the set formula. 5. The allocation of rides by this method will be final. Any trainer declaring a horse to run at the 48- hour declaration stage is deemed to have accepted these conditions. 6. All owners of participating horses agree that jockeys will wear the colours of the team which they represent as part of an agreement with the Racehorse Owners Association. All jockeys participating in this race will carry their names on the back of their silks. 9

10 GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND Jamie Spencer (Ireland, Captain) Born: June 8, 1980, County Tipperary, Ireland. Background: Son of George Spencer, who trained Winning Fair to win the 1963 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham; went to school with Fozzy Stack, son of trainer Tommy, and rode ponies at their yard as a child. Achieved first winner on Huncheon Chance for trainer Ian Ferguson at Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, on May 11, Sprang to prominence by winning the Irish 1000 Guineas in 1998 on Stack-trained Tarascon at age of 17 when apprenticed to Liam Browne, through whose hands jockeys Mick Kinane, Mark Dwyer, Tommy Carmody and Stephen Craine had also passed. Spencer was brought over to Britain by the Stack family friend, Barney Curley, to ride Magic Combination to win over hurdles at Kempton in January, He survived a stewards' enquiry to take 2002 Grade One Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival on Edward O'Grady-trained Pizarro, but had concentrated on the Flat and began a two-year contract with trainer Luca Cumani, based in Newmarket, in Spencer was signed up by the Coolmore team to ride as first-choice rider to replace Mick Kinane in 2004, becoming Ireland's champion jockey that year, but handed in his notice at Ballydoyle in early 2005 to go freelance. Retained jockey for Jim & Fitri Hay between 2010 and 2012 before signing a two-year deal, which commenced on January 1, 2013, to ride for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, whose horses run under the Qatar Racing Limited banner. He shocked the racing world by announcing on August 21, 2014, that he would retire from race riding at the end of the year but had a change of heart and now operates as a freelance. Was married to broadcaster Emma Spencer (nee Ramsden), but they divorced in Career highlights: Champion Apprentice Ireland (1999), Champion Jockey Ireland (2004), Champion Jockey Britain (2005 & 2007 when dead-heated with Seb Sanders). He has ridden 24 Royal Ascot winners, including two in He has partnered more than 2,175 winners in total. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 4 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2015); Wins 3; Points: 93 Neil Callan (Ireland) Born: July 6, 1978, in County Kildare Background: initially rode in Ireland for Willie Fitzpatrick and Kevin Prendergast. After a luckless spell in his native country, he considered giving up riding to work as a kitchen fitter before time as a work rider for Karl Burke in Yorkshire changed his mind. It was Burke who suggested that he should take out a licence again and on May 4, 1998, he rode a winner at Warwick on his first ride in Britain. Callan did not look back and was crowned champion apprentice in He was subsequently appointed stable jockey to Kevin Ryan and enjoyed Group One successes for the trainer on Amadeus Wolf (2005 Middle Park Stakes) and Palace Episode (2005 Racing Post Trophy). Ryan also provided Callan with a first Royal Ascot winner when Uhoomagoo was successful in the 2006 Buckingham Palace Stakes. Between 2004 and 2010, Callan rode over 100 winners each year, finishing second in the jockeys championship in 2005 (151 winners) and 2007 (170). In the winter of 2010/11, he was granted a three-month licence in Hong Kong. He continued this arrangement in Hong Kong for the following three winters, riding 12, nine and finally 27 winners. The 2014/15 season saw Callan become a retained rider, along with 13 other jockeys, for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He has continued ever since in Hong Kong where he has partnered 197 winners, with the best horses he has ridden there being Peniaphobia and Blazing Speed. He finished third with 47 successes in the 2016/17 Hong Kong season which ended on July 16. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 1 (2009); Wins 1; Points: 29 Fran Berry (Ireland) Born: January 2, 1981 Background: Bred to be a jockey. His father Frank has been a Classic-winning apprentice (Giolla Mea in the 1968 Irish St Leger) who went to become Irish champion jump rider 10 times and - after a spell training - is now racing manager to owner J P McManus. Fran Berry, whose brother Alan is a successful National Hunt amateur, originally made his name as a jump jockey, winning the 1999 Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival on Khayrawani. Despite being 5 foot 8 inches tall, he is able to ride off 8st 8lb and now concentrates on the Flat. He served as second rider behind Mick Kinane at John Oxx's powerful Curragh stable from 2002 until the end of 2009 when Kinane retired and Berry was promoted to the number one spot. But following the appointment of Johnny Murtagh in 2011, he relinquished that role to become a freelance. In 2016, he made the move across the Irish Sea to become stable jockey to Ralph Beckett. The arrangement ended in in June, 2017, but Berry continues to be based in Britain. He has ridden four Royal Ascot winners. He enjoyed a first G1 success on Pathfork in the 2010 National Stakes and has also had Pattern race success in Japan. He was the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner in 2010 at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 2 (2010, 2011); Wins: 2; Points 57 10

11 EUROPE Adrie De Vries (The Netherlands, Captain) Born: July 27, 1969 in the Netherlands Background: He started riding ponies from the age of eight at his parents farm and his father owned racehorses. He has enjoyed success all over the world in both Thoroughbred and Arabian racing. He rode his first winner on Go Go at Duindigt racecourse, near Rotterdam, in Enjoyed a successful partnership with top Dutch trainer Jan Pubben during his time in his home country, partnering over 600 winners and dominating the jockeys championship, being champion 12 times. Successful in five Dutch Derbys between 1991 and Moved to Germany after the turn of the century and rode his first Group One winner aboard the Hans-Albert Blume-trained Gyreka in the 2005 Italian Oaks. He has enjoyed more G1 success, including on Godolphin s Campanologist in the 2010 Rheinland-Pokal and linked up again with that horse s trainer Saeed bin Suroor for a fruitful spell at the 2017 Dubai World Cup Carnival, particularly on Prize Money. He was retained by Germany s leading owner Gestut Schlenderhan between 2009 and 2014 and was champion jockey in the latter year. Divides his time between Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE during the winter months where he has also done well in Arabian racing. He has ridden worldwide, including in Japan and Hong Kong, and partnered approaching 2,000 winners. Career highlights: Champion jockey in Holland 12 times. Champion jockey in Germany in Rode the Jens Hirschberger-trained Energizer to victory in the G3 Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot 2012, the first Germantrained winner at the meeting. That has been his only British victory from 17 rides here, including two stints in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 2 (2014 & 2015); Wins: 0; Points: 27 Umberto Rispoli (Italy) Born: The son of a jockey, Umberto Rispoli was born on August 31, 1988 in San Severino Marche in central Italy. Background: He started riding out at age 10 and moved to Rome when he was just 13 to gain experience at the stable of Fabrizio and Luigi Camici. After a spell furthering his education with trainer Armando Maggi, Rispoli graduated from the apprentices' school at Pisa in 2004, and linked up with the powerful stable of the Botti brothers, Alduino and Giuseppe. He was first jockey to Alduino's son Stefano Botti, who took over the yard in May, 2009, after the departure of the older duo to France. Rispoli had his first public ride when coming second on Polar Eagle at Varese on February 5, 2005 and waited just 14 days to enjoy his first success as Peace Maker won at the same course. Career highlights: In his first season, Rispoli was leading apprentice in Italy with 82 winners and he went on to notch 134 victories in 2006, a total that saw him take fourth in the jockeys' championship. In November, 2009, Rispoli broke Gianfranco Dettori's 27-year-old Italian record of 229 winners in a season, pushing the new mark to 245 at the end of the campaign. He was also Italy's champion jockey in 2010, crowning the campaign with a first G1 success on Aoife Alainn in the Premio Lydia Tesio in October. International career: He was granted a threemonth licence by JRA (Japan Racing Association) in January 2011, and had his first stint in Hong Kong later the same year. He divides his time between France in the summer and Hong Kong during the winter. He missed two and a half months of the 2016/17 campaign in Hong Kong after breaking his leg in a fall Happy Valley, but ended the season with 15 successes. He has had 61 Hong Kong winners in all. Rispoli is no stranger to British racing, having enjoyed a brief spell in the UK in the winter of 2007/08, working for Marco Botti in Newmarket his first and only British success came aboard Satyricon in a Kempton Park claimer on January 18, He rode Vengeur Masque to finish fifth in the 2015 St Leger at Doncaster for French trainer Mikel Delzangles. He has had a total of 24 rides in Britain with seven coming at Ascot, where he took part in the 2010 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 1 (2010); Wins: 0; Points: 19 Alexander Pietsch (Germany) Born: January 6, 1972 Background: son of trainer Peter Pietsch. He grew up surrounded by horses near Dresden but didn t ride a racehorse until he was 14 the former East Germany did not allow children under that age to ride thoroughbreds. He started out as an apprentice jockey in Berlin in 1989, riding initially for Egon Czaplewski and then Werner Bauermeister, to whom he became stable jockey. He also rode for his father in Dresden and Uwe Stech in Berlin before moving across to the former West Germany in 1998 to link up with Michael Trybuhl in Mulheim and then Jutta Schultheis. He spent time in Australia between 1999 and 2000, riding for Graeme Rogerson. He was then appointed stable jockey to Angelika Glodde before riding for Andreas Wohler for two years between 2001 and He has had spells with Stefan Wegner, Dave Richardson, Pavel Vovcenko and Hans Blume. After almost three years ( ) with Christian Von Der Recke, he joined up with Cologne-based trainer Waldermar Hickst in October, 2009, where he spent six seasons. Linked up with Jens Hirschberger in December, At five feet, eight and a half inches tall, he has to constantly watch his weight to do 8st 10lb. Career highlights: Joint champion jockey in Germany for the 2015 season with 86 wins, sharing the title with Andrasch Starke and runner-up in The Cologne-based rider has enjoyed over 1,000 successes and partnered G2 winners in Germany, Italy and Turkey. He is making his second appearance at Ascot, having finished 13th on Agenor in Royal Ascot s 2016 Queen Alexandra Stakest. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut 11

12 THE GIRLS Emma-Jayne Wilson (Canada, Captain) Born September 1, 1981, Brampton, Ontario, Canada Background: Emma-Jayne Wilson is the winning-most female jockey of all-time in Canada (with 1,399 winners in North America as of August 7, she has ridden in 10,435 North American races and her mounts have earned $68,490,67). She is only one of two female Canadian jockeys to have partnered over 1,000 winners (after the legendary Francine Villeneuve), achieving this on September 16, Wilson burst onto the North American racing scene in 2005 when landing the riding title at Woodbine, Canada. At its 167-day meet, Wilson partnered 175 winners from 1,096 mounts, becoming the first female to take the title in the racecourse s 50-year history, and only the third ever apprentice to do so, following Sandy Hawley in 1969 and Mickey Walls in She started riding at the age of nine and soon had her heart set on becoming a jockey. Studied equine management at the University of Guelph and spent two years riding out at Woodbine Racecourse, where she caught the eye of leading agent Mike Luider. Gained her first winner on only her second ride - a horse called Ali Olah at Fort Erie, on August 28, 2004, and enjoyed an annus mirabilis in her first full season as an apprentice, recording a first Stakes victory on board Classic Stamp in the Grade Two Bell Canadian Handicap to go with her leading jockey title at Woodbine. Her achievements on the racetrack were rewarded with a Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey (with 146 wins for the year) and an Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in North America - becoming only the second woman ever to land the apprentice Eclipse award after Rosemary Homeister. Wilson retained her leading jockeys title at Woodbine in 2006 with 144 successes and received a second Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. Became the first female rider to win the Grade One Queen s Plate, part of Canada s Triple Crown, when scoring on board Mike Fox in June, Competed in the Hong Kong International Jockey Challenge in December, 2007, and was granted a licence to ride in the former colony the following winter. She was out of action for nearly three months following a fall at Woodbine in August 21, 2010, when she suffered a lacerated liver. Wilson made an impressive debut at the Breeders Cup in November, 2011, partnering Excaper to finish second behind Wrote in the Grade One Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, and gained another Grade One success on Interpol in the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine on September 13, Since 2005, she has finished in the top 100 jockeys by earnings each year in North America. Personal Life: Wilson is married to Laura Trotter, an equine chiropractor. The couple are parents of twin daughters Avery and Grace, who were born in February, Big-Race Wins include: Canadian Handicap (2005 Classic Stamp), Queen s Plate (2007 Mike Fox), Nijinsky Stakes (2011 Windward Isles, 2013 So Long George), Natalma Stakes (2013 Llanarmon), Sky Classic Stakes (2015 Interpol), Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (2015 Interpol) Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 5 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016); Wins: 3; Points: 105 Michelle Payne (Australia) Born: September 29, 1985 Background: The youngest of 10 children, Payne hails from Ballarat, Victoria. Her mother Mary died when she was six months old and she was brought up by her father Paddy, a trainer and dairy farmer. After learning to ride on the family pony, Payne followed in the path of seven of her siblings and became a jockey at the age of 15. Her first winner came aboard a horse trained by her father, Reigning, at Ballarat on February 10, She is sister-in-law to fellow jockeys Kerrin McEvoy and Brett Prebble. She started combining training, at Nottingham Farm, and riding in August, Early success: Her breakthrough year was 2009, when she enjoyed a first G1 victory on the Bart Cummings-trained Allez Wonder in the Toorak Handicap. Yosei, trained by Stuart Webb, was partnered by Payne to a G1 treble in 2010, with victories in the Produce Stakes, Caulfield Guineas and Tattersalls Tiara. She has enjoyed over 700 winners, including five G1s. Melbourne Cup: Payne created history in 2015 when becoming the first female jockey to win Australia s greatest race, the Melbourne Cup, which stops the nation. Partnering 100/1 outsider Pride Of Penzance for trainer Darren Weir, the duo defeated Irish raider Max Dynamite by half a length. She was the fourth woman to ride in the race and thanked those who supported her before telling everyone else Get stuffed, they think women aren t strong enough but we just beat the world. These words quickly spread globally. Payne s brother Stevie, who has Down s syndrome, works for trainer Darren Weir and was the strapper for Pride Of Penzance. A film of her life is currently in production, with Rachel Griffiths taking the lead role. Rides in UK: Payne had a spell riding in the UK in 2009, winning one race from 18 rides. She was based in Newmarket and rode primarily for trainers Jayne Chapple-Hyam and Luca Cumani. Payne made her debut at Ascot, UK, in the 2017 G1 Queen Anne Stakes on June 20 aboard Kaspersky, finishing fifth at 66/1. She had been due to ride in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup but had to miss the event because of injury. She has had three major spells out of action, at 18 when fracturing her skull, in 2012 and Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut 12

13 Hayley Turner (England) Born: January 3, 1983, Nottingham Background: Hayley Turner, the joint champion UK apprentice in 2005, is the most successful female jockey in British racing history. Turner was taught to ride by her mother, a riding instructor. She started riding out for local trainer Mark Polglase, who supplied her first winner, Generate, at Pontefract on June 4, She also attended the Northern Racing College, and then was apprenticed to Michael Bell in Newmarket. She spent 13 years riding for Bell until a split was announced in June, She announced her retirement from race riding in November, 2015, following more than 760 successes in the UK and abroad, but returned to the saddle the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup and has resumed race riding on occasions in Turner recently announced that she intends to ride in France during the forthcoming winter, where she will be able to take advantage of the 2kg (4.4lbs) allowance for female jockeys. Accolades: Turner became the first woman to be crowned Britain s champion apprentice when partnering 44 winners during the 2005 Flat (turf) season, sharing the title with Saleem Golam. She also became only the fourth woman in Britain to ride out her apprentice claim, following Emma O Gorman, Alex Greaves and Lisa Jones. Her success during the 2005 season led to Turner being awarded a Lester for apprentice jockey of the year, the first woman ever to gain that accolade. In 2008, she became the first female jockey to partner 100 winners in a calendar year in Britain. She was awarded an OBE in The Queen s Birthday honours list in June, 2016, for services to horse racing. Big-Race Wins include: Turner s first Group One victory came in July, 2011, aboard the David Simcock-trained Dream Ahead in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket and she enjoyed further Group One success when the Bell-trained Margot Did captured the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York the following month. She is only the second woman to have ridden a Group One winner in Britain and the first to win one outright as Alex Greaves success came when her mount Ya Malak dead-heated with Coastal Bluff for the 1997 Nunthorpe Stakes. In 2012, she enjoyed a Grade One victory on the international stage when the Simcock-trained I m A Dreamer landed the Beverly D Stakes at Arlington, USA. Other Details: Turner is part of the presenting team at both ITV Racing (from 2017) and At The Races (from 2016). Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016); Wins: 5; Points: 215 REST OF THE WORLD Kerrin McEvoy (Australia, Captain) Born: October 24, 1980 in South Australia. Background: grew up in Streaky Bay, a small fishing community six hours west of Adelaide. Father Phil was a jockey, as were his uncles Peter and Tony, who is also a successful trainer. He started out as an apprentice to his grandfather Bill Holland in March, Moved to Adelaide in 1998 where he was apprenticed to Russell Cameron before switching to Peter Hayes Lindsay Park stable. In 1999, he transferred to Hayes Flemington operation. The following year, at of the age of 20 and in his first season as a senior rider, McEvoy became the second youngest jockey to win the Melbourne Cup on the Michael Moroney-trained Brew. He did well in Victoria and earned a stint in Dubai in 2003 which was extended to six week s at Godolphin s request after he finished third in the 2002 Melbourne Cup on Beekeeper. He returned to Dubai in January, 2004 and signed on as number two jockey (behind Frankie Dettori) for Godolphin in March. He rode 44 winners in his first season in England, headed by an excellent front-running ride on Rule Of Law in the 2004 St Leger at Doncaster. He rode in Britain for the next four seasons before returning to Australia permanently in 2008 to be the number one rider for Sheikh Mohammed s Darley operation. He went freelance in September, Married to former jockey Cathy (Payne sister of fellow Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup jockey Michelle) and they have four children. Career highlights: 2003 Scobie Breasley Medal winner, which recognises excellence in race riding at Melbourne tracks (won the 2002/03 Victorian Metropolitan Jockeys Premiership). Has gained two wins in the Melbourne Cup Brew (2000) and Almandin (2016). He has taken part in jockeys contests before, notably in Hong Kong where he won the 2013 event, and also participated in the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, partnering one winner, a second and a fourth. He has enjoyed three winners at Royal Ascot, headed by Shamardal s success in the 2005 St James s Palace Stakes (run at York), and had a total of 322 British winners, with his best year coming in 2007 (93 wins). He gained his 50th G1 success on Turn Me Loose in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on November 7, Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup record Appearances: 1 (2015); Wins: 1; Points: 30 13

14 Keita Tosaki (Japan) Born: July, 8, 1980, Japan Background: son of a civil servant, Tosaki had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player as a schoolboy but his size led him to the National Association of Racing (NAR) jockey school. Started riding in races in 1998 and recorded a first winner at Ohi Racecourse in April of the same year. Dominated the NAR standings for four years between 2009 and 2012 before switching over full-time to the more prestigious Japan Racing Association in Career highlights: JRA Champion Jockey three times (2014, 2015 & 2016) and is leading the way again in NAR champion jockey four times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Three-time recipient (2014, 2015 & 2016) of the JRA Award for Most Valuable Jockey - given to jockeys amassing the most points for combined rankings in wins, winning average, earnings and total rides in JRA races and designated NAR and overseas races. He finished third in both the 2015 and 2016 editions of the LONGINES International Jockeys Championship at Happy Valley, Hong Kong, and has partnered approaching 3,000 winners. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut Anthony Delpech (South Africa) Born: 10 February, 1969, the Seychelles Background: family relocated from the Seychelles to Durban, South Africa when he was 12. He joined the South African jockey academy in 1984, viewing racing as a good way of getting out of school, and became apprenticed to Joey Joseph for three years. He spent five years riding in Hong Kong between 2003 and 2008 and enjoyed great success with South African-born trainer David Ferraris, notably with six-time G1 winner Vengeance of Rain Delpech has the name of the horse tattooed on his arm. Returned to South Africa in 2008, riding primarily for Mike de Kock, until the pair parted amicably in February, Career highlights: Won South African jockeys title for the first time in 1998/99, partnering a record 334 winners during the season. Also champion jockey for the 2002/03 campaign. Joint most successful jockey in South Africa s top race, the Durban July, with four wins on Classic Flag (1998), Greys Inn (2004), Bold Silvano (2010) and Igugu (2011). He has ridden in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Dubai but will be making his UK debut at this year s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup the jockey was booked to ride Smart Call in last year s G1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket but the horse was scratched on the day of the race after becoming lame. Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut 14

15 DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP PREVIOUS RESULTS AT ASCOT Year Team Results Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner EUR 65 GIRLS 54 GBI 53 Thierry Jarnet 38 points Teams Gavin Larena 30 Kenichi Ikezoe 25 Silvestre De Sousa 13 EUR Thierry Jarnet 38 Pierre-Charles Boudot 24 Frankie Dettori 3 GIRLS Emma-Jayne Wilson 24 Hayley Turner 20 Josephine Gordon 10 GBI Joe Fanning 22 Martin Harley 21 Oisin Murphy GIRLS 80 GBI EUR 27 Sammy Jo Bell - 35 points GIRLS Sammy Jo Bell 35 Emma-Jayne Wilson 23 Hayley Turner 22 GBI Jamie Spencer 30 Graham Lee 20 Pat Smullen 17 Kerrin McEvoy 30 Blake Shinn 24 Yutaka Take 12 EUR Olivier Peslier 13 Vincent Cheminaud 11 Adrie de Vries EUR 69 GIRLS 68 GBI Olivier Peslier - 42 points EUR Olivier Peslier 42 Adrie de Vries 24 Frankie Dettori 3 GIRLS Emma-Jayne Wilson 40 Steffi Hofer 18 Hayley Turner 10 GBI Tom Queally 22 Jimmy Fortune 15 Richard Hughes 15 Craig Williams 25 S manga Khumalo 15 Yuichi Fukunaga EUR 97 GBI GIRLS 40 Gerald Mosse - 46 points EUR Gerald Mosse 46 Ioritz Mendizabal 34 Andrasch Starke 17 GBI James Doyle 31 Kieren Fallon 30 Kevin Manning 0 Joao Moreira 28 Gary Stevens 18 Yasunari Iwata 0 GIRLS Rosie Napravnik 15 Cathy Gannon 13 Lisa Allpress EUR 55 GIRLS 54 GBI 46 Matthew Chadwick - 45 points Matthew Chadwick 45 Aaron Gryder 20 Yutaka Take 24 EUR Cristian Demuro 25 Andreas Suborics 20 Frankie Dettori 10 GIRLS Hayley Turner 26 Chantal Sutherland 17 Emma-Jayne Wilson 11 GBI Kieren Fallon 18 James Doyle 18 Johnny Murtagh IRE 70 GBR EUR 50 Paul Hanagan 35 points IRE Colm O'Donoghue 25 Richard Hughes 23 Fran Berry 22 GBR Paul Hanagan 35 Jim Crowley 16 Hayley Turner 12 Hugh Bowman 25 Doug Whyte 17 Yutaka Take 15 EUR Mirco Demuro 25 Christophe Lemaire 20 Olivier Peslier IRE 80 EUR GBR 43 Fran Berry 35 points IRE Fran Berry 35 Richard Hughes 23 Pat Smullen 22 EUR Olivier Peslier 28 Christophe Soumillon 25 Umberto Rispoli 19 Yasunari Iwata 15 Anton Marcus 15 Luke Nolen 15 GBR Hayley Turner 21 Alan Munro 15 Jim Crowley 7 15

16 Year Team Results Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner 2009 IRE 101 GBR 56 EUR Richard Hughes 49 points Teams IRE Richard Hughes 49 Neil Callan 29 Seamus Heffernan 23 GBR Hayley Turner 30 Alan Munro 19 Darryll Holland 7 EUR Fredrik Johansson 30 Gerald Mosse 18 Andrasch Starke 4 Hiroyuki Uchida 27 Ahmed Ajtebi 10 Malesh Narredu EUR GBR 53 IRE 44 Gerald Mosse 50 points EUR Gerald Mosse 50 Mirco Demuro 26 Halis Karatas 18 Yutaka Take 37 Russell Baze 20 Jorge Ricardo 0 GBR Hayley Turner 25 Frankie Dettori 16 Seb Sanders 12 IRE Richard Hughes 22 Jamie Spencer 14 Kevin Manning IRE 66 GBR 58 EUR 42 Hugh Bowman 37 points Hugh Bowman 37 Yutaka Take 25 Darren Beadman 24 IRE Kevin Manning 28 Jimmy Fortune 25 Declan McDonogh 13 GBR Hayley Turner 32 Martin Dwyer 15 Kevin Darley 11 EUR Frankie Dettori 20 Fredrik Johansson 15 Andreas Suborics GBI Ryan Moore 50 points GBI Ryan Moore 50 Seb Sanders 30 Jamie Spencer 26 Robert Winston 20 Hayley Turner 17 Mick Kinane 10 Frankie Dettori 29 Gerald Mosse 22 Doug Whyte 21 Glen Boss 13 Emma-Jayne Wilson 7 Yuichi Fukunaga Not run as Ascot Racecourse was closed for redevelopment 138 GBI 102 Weichong Marwing 37 points Weichong Marwing 37 Frankie Dettori 31 Dario Vargiu 21 Damien Oliver 17 Yutaka Take 17 Gerald Mosse 15 GBI Mick Kinane 28 Kieren Fallon 23 Jamie Spencer 23 Kevin Darley 13 Johnny Murtagh 10 Darryll Holland GBI 98 Kieren Fallon - 43 points Doug Whyte 36 Shane Dye 32 Fredrik Johansson 29 Andreas Suborics 20 Yutaka Take 20 Frankie Dettori 5 GBI Kieren Fallon 43 Pat Eddery 19 Darryll Holland 18 Mick Kinane 10 Kevin Darley 5 Johnny Murtagh GBI Richard Hughes - 45 points GBI Richard Hughes 45 Mick Kinane 30 Kieren Fallon 28 Pat Eddery 18 Kevin Darley 10 Johnny Murtagh 6 Hiroki Goto 27 David Flores 20 Craig Williams 17 Andreas Suborics 15 Gerald Mosse 14 Doug Whyte GBI 115 David Flores - 45 points David Flores 45 Mirco Demuro 30 Gerald Mosse 18 Mick Kinane 18 Kevin Darley 10 Kieren Fallon 5 GBI Pat Eddery 30 Richard Hughes 27 Johnny Murtagh 25 Frankie Dettori 15 Norihiro Yokoyama 10 Craig Williams EUR Mick Kinane 45 points EUR Mick Kinane 45 Johnny Murtagh 37 Mirco Demuro 20 Richard Quinn 20 Kevin Darley 18 Pat Eddery 17 Frankie Dettori 18 Damien Oliver 15 Jumaat Saimee 14 Masayoshi Ebina 13 Basil Marcus 13 Greg Hall 10 16

17 LEADING JOCKEYS AT THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP Points Wins Appearances Hayley Turner 215 Richard Hughes 8 Hayley Turner 10 Richard Hughes 204 Gerald Mosse 6 Frankie Dettori 10 Gerald Mosse 183 Kieren Fallon 6 Yutaka Take 7 Frankie Dettori 150 Michael Kinane 6 Gerald Mosse 7 Yutaka Take 150 Hayley Turner 5 Richard Hughes 7 Kieren Fallon 147 Yutaka Take 4 Kevin Darley 6 Michael Kinane 141 Jamie Spencer 3 Kieren Fallon 6 Emma-Jayne Wilson 105 Emma-Jayne Wilson 3 Michael Kinane 6 Mirco Demuro 101 Johnny Murtagh 6 Jamie Spencer 93 Emma-Jayne Wilson 5 DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP JOCKEY RECORDS ( ) Jockey Appearances (*Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner) Wins Points Ahmed Ajtebi 1 (2009) 0 10 Lisa Allpress 1 (2013) 0 12 Russell Baze 1 (2008) 0 20 Darren Beadman 1 (2007) 0 24 Sammy Jo Bell 1 (2015*) 2 35 Fran Berry 2 (2010*, 2011) 2 57 Glen Boss 1 (2006) 0 13 Pierre-Charles Boudot 1 (2016) 0 24 Hugh Bowman 2 (2007*, 2011) 2 62 Neil Callan 1 (2009) 1 29 Matthew Chadwick 1 (2012*) 1 45 Vincent Cheminaud 1 (2015) 0 11 Jim Crowley 2 (2010, 2011) 0 23 Kevin Darley 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) 0 67 Silvestre De Sousa 1 (2016) 0 13 Cristian Demuro 1 (2012) 1 25 Mirco Demuro 4 (2000, 2001, 2008, 2011) Frankie Dettori 10 (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016) James Doyle 2 (2012, 2013) 2 49 Martin Dwyer 1 (2007) 0 15 Shane Dye 1 (2003) 1 32 Masayoshi Ebina 1 (2000) 0 13 Pat Eddery 4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) 2 84 Kieren Fallon 6 (2001, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2012, 2013) Joe Fanning 1 (2016) 0 22 David Flores 2 (2001*, 2002) 2 65 Jimmy Fortune 2 (2007, 2014) 1 40 Yuichi Fukunaga 2 (2006, 2014) 0 14 Cathy Gannon 1 (2013) 0 13 Josephine Gordon 1 (2016) 0 10 Hiroki Goto 1 (2002) 0 27 Aaron Gryder 1 (2012) 1 20 Greg Hall 1 (2000) 0 10 Paul Hanagan 1 (2011*) 1 35 Martin Harley 1 (2016) 1 21 Seamus Heffernan 1 (2009) 0 23 Steffi Hofer 1 (2014) 0 18 Darryll Holland 3 (2003, 2004, 2009) 0 30 Richard Hughes 7 (2001, 2002*, 2008, 2009*, 2010, 2011, 2014) Kenichi Ikezoe 1 (2016) 0 25 Yasunari Iwata 2 (2010, 2013) 0 15 Thierry Jarnet 1 (2016*) 2 38 Fredrik Johansson 3 (2003, 2007, 2009) 2 74 Halis Karatas 1 (2008) 0 18 S'manga Khumalo 1 (2014)

18 Jockey Appearances (*Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner) Wins Points Michael Kinane 6 (2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) Graham Lee 1 (2015) 0 20 Christophe Lemaire 1 (2011) 0 20 Gavin Lerena 1 (2016) 2 30 Kevin Manning 3 (2007, 2008, 2013) 1 36 Anton Marcus 1 (2010) 0 15 Basil Marcus 1 (2000) 0 13 Weichong Marwing 1 (2004*) 1 37 Declan McDonogh 1 (2007) 0 13 Kerrin McEvoy 1 (2015) 1 30 Ioritz Mendizabal 1 (2013) 1 34 Ryan Moore 1 (2006*) 2 50 Joao Moreira 1 (2013) 1 28 Gerald Mosse 7 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008*, 2009, 2013*) Alan Munro 2 (2009, 2010) 1 34 Oisin Murphy 1 (2016) 0 10 Johnny Murtagh 6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012) 1 91 Rosie Napravnik 1 (2013) 0 15 Malesh Narredu 1 (2009) 0 10 Luke Nolen 1 (2010) 1 15 Colm O'Donoghue 1 (2011) 1 25 Damian Oliver 2 (2000, 2004) 1 32 Olivier Peslier 4 (2010, 2011, 2014*, 2015) 2 88 Tom Queally 1 (2014) 1 22 Richard Quinn 1 (2000) 1 20 Jorge Ricardo 1 (2008) 0 0 Umberto Rispoli 1 (2010) 0 19 Jumaat Saimee 1 (2000) 0 14 Seb Sanders 2 (2006, 2008) 2 42 Blake Shinn 1 (2015) 0 24 Pat Smullen 2 (2010, 2015) 0 39 Christophe Soumillon 1 (2010) 1 25 Jamie Spencer 4 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2015) 3 93 Andrasch Starke 2 (2009, 2013) 0 21 Gary Stevens 1 (2013) 1 18 Andreas Suborics 4 (2002, 2003, 2007, 2012) 1 62 Chantal Sutherland 1 (2012) 0 17 Yutaka Take 7 (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015) Hayley Turner 10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) Hiroyuki Uchida 1 (2009) 0 27 Dario Vargiu 1 (2004) 0 21 Adrie de Vries 2 (2014, 2015) 0 27 Doug Whyte 4 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2011) 2 84 Craig Williams 3 (2001, 2002, 2014) 1 49 Emma-Jayne Wilson 5 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) Robert Winston 1 (2006) 1 20 Norihiro Yokoyama 1 (2001) 0 10 RECORD OF TEAMS IN THE DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP (Teams Europe, Girls, Great Britain & Ireland, Rest of the World) 2 wins Europe (2013, 2014), Rest of the World (2012, 2016) 1 win Girls (2015) (Teams Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Rest of the World) 3 wins Ireland (2009, 2010, 2011) 1 win Europe (2008), Rest of the World (2007) (Teams Great Britain & Ireland, Rest of the World) 3 wins Rest of the World (2001, 2003 & 2004) 2 wins Great Britain & Ireland (2002, 2006) 1 win Europe (2000) 2000 (Teams Europe, Rest of the World) 18

19 REMEMBERING SHERGAR Shergar s name is etched in racing folklore as much for his headline-grabbing demise as for his exceptional performances on the racecourse, the most scintillating of those being his recordbreaking victory in the 1981 Derby. Famously kidnapped by the IRA following his retirement to stud in Ireland, the Aga Khan s colt was one of the finest Derby winners of the 20th century and without argument the best racehorse of his generation with a lofty Timeform rating of 140. Trained by Michael Stoute in Newmarket, Shergar won impressively on his first start as a two-yearold before finishing second to the more experienced Beldale Flutter on his only other outing in what is now the Racing Post Trophy. Having been rated 31st among his peers in the 1980 European Free Handicap, Shergar commenced his Classic season as a 33/1 ante-post chance for the Derby. Those odds tumbled after a 10-length victory in Sandown s Classic Trial was followed by a 12-length demolition in the Chester Vase. Shergar lined up as the 10/11 favourite for Derby glory at Epsom Downs. He did not disappoint his supporters as he once again accelerated away from rivals to register a stunning 10-length success - the widest winning margin in the long history of the premier Classic. With the Epsom Classic in the bag, Shergar went to the Curragh and added the Irish Derby by four lengths before routing his elders by the same distance in Britain s premier all-age middle-distance contest, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. The stage was set for an autumn hurrah in the Prix de l Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp but in an unexpected twist, connections decided to take in the St Leger at Doncaster. The extended mile and three quarters of the world s oldest Classic proved beyond Shergar s stamina reserves and he could finish no better than fourth. That defeat was to be Shergar s final race. Valued at 10 million, the colt retired to the Aga Khan s Ballymany Stud in Ireland but on February 8, 1983, hooded gunmen seized the stallion. A 2 million ransom was demanded and refused. Shergar s fate remains a mystery. 19

20 DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR CUP TITLE SPONSOR AN UNRIVALLED AIRPORT RETAILER Founded on 20th December 1983, Dubai Duty Free recorded first-year sales of US$20 million and has grown into one of the biggest travel retail operators in the world with sales turnover of US$1.85 billion in Now employing over 5,900 people, the operation has consistently raised the benchmark for airport retailing as it continues to grow. In 2016, Dubai Duty Free recorded an impressive million sales transactions, which is an average of 74,097 sales transactions per day across both Dubai International and Al Maktoum International airport. Perfumes continue to be the highest selling category with annual sales topping US$ million, which represents 16.55% of total annual sales. Liquor follows with sales of US$ million, while Cigarettes and Tobacco are in third place with sales of US$ million. Cosmetics are in fourth place with sales amounting to US$ million followed by Confectionery with US$ million. Dubai Duty Free currently operates over 35,000 sqm of retail space at Dubai International Airport and 2,500 sqm at Al Maktoum International, which will grow in line with the massive development plans of Dubai South. In addition to the retail division, Dubai Duty Free operates the Leisure Division which includes The Irish Village in Garhoud and at Riverland, The Century Village, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, home to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and The Jumeirah Creekside Hotel. To date, Dubai Duty Free has received more than 550 industry awards and in 2016 alone the operation was presented with 28 awards including the DFNI Global Awards for Global Travel Retailer of the Year and Airport Travel Retailer of the Year. Dubai Duty Free s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin, also received several awards including the Retail CEO of the Year from CEO Middle East Awards, the Gulf Business Industry Award for Business Leader of the Year Retail and the MENAA Awards for Best Business Leader in Retail for the second consecutive year in December. In October 2004, DDF launched the Dubai Duty Free Foundation, a charitable body founded under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, to organise its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and, most importantly, raise funds for worthy causes, specifically those aimed at benefiting children. The Foundation has since donated funds to several charities, both at home and abroad, and plays an active role in helping families and children in need. As well as the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, its growing sports sponsorship portfolio features the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, hosted by The Rory Foundation and held this year at Portstewart Golf Club, Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh and the Spring Trials and International Weekend meetings at Newbury racecourse. On the domestic front, the company owns and manages the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and supports a variety of other sporting attractions, including the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup. Commenting on his company's sponsorship of the Shergar Cup, Dubai Duty Free's Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Colm McLoughlin, said, We are delighted to have been involved with this event since its inception and along with Ascot are proud to have played a part in its development and watched it grow into the popular sell-out event it is today. A great family day out, its appeal stretches beyond the sport, crossing age and social boundaries, and has been enormously successful in introducing many new faces to racing over almost two decades. 20

21 THE ALISTAIR HAGGIS SILVER SADDLE Alistair Haggis by close friend and colleague, Mike Vince, who is commentating on Saturday s racing If I came down from the commentary gantry at the end of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup and wanted to speak to Alistair (above left with Ascot s Nick Smith), I knew exactly where to look - he d be watching the Closing Ceremony in the quietest corner he could find, well away from the spotlight. That was Alistair. A man who would, and often did work morning, noon and night to make sure a project was successful, and then be positively the last person to step forward and accept the acclaim that was rightly due. Alistair loved racing, loved racing people and loved Ascot Racecourse. He had some of the finest PR skills I have ever come across in anyone I have dealt with in any sport, and his tireless work, latterly with colleagues at the International Racing Bureau, with trainers and jockeys is quite simply a cornerstone of why the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup has become what it is today. It became tradition for there to be a production meeting in the days ahead of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, in Studio 6 we used to call it (though in reality a local restaurant), where we would talk through plans for the day. The rest of us would then head home but for Alistair it was straight back to work. I still have some of the 3am s he sent with answers to any issues. When the QIPCO British Champion Series started, it came as no surprise to hear Alistair was on the team as PR Manager. Rod Street, the CEO of that organisation, knew his work was peerless and that he held the respect of the media. Quite simply, the hand of Haggis was always the seal of success. Devoted to his beloved Arsenal, Ali thrilled us all when marriage to Nim led to the arrival of son Alfie, on whom he doted. That such happiness should have been followed after such a short time by the cruelty of his illness and inevitable passing from Motor Neurone Disease in 2014 has been hard for his friends and family to bear. Being able to say you were a friend of Alistair Haggis will always be something to cherish, and I ll admit before my day s work in the commentary box is done on Saturday afternoon, my eyes will go skywards. It was an appropriate gesture by Ascot and Dubai Duty Free to have the Silver Saddle named in Alistair s honour in 2015, and it is wonderful we can welcome his family to the place he called home for so many happy years to present the trophy. 21