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Overseas jockeys permitted to ride at the FWD Champions Day racemeeting

15/04/2026 16:51

Permission has been granted for the following overseas jockeys to ride at the FWD Champions Day racemeeting to be conducted at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 April 2026:-

Race Jockey Horse Stated Minimum
Riding Weight (lbs)
Chairman’s Sprint Prize Connor Beasley NATIVE APPROACH 119
  Oisin Murphy COMANCHE BRAVE 119
FWD Champions Mile Yuga Kawada JANTAR MANTAR 117
  Mark Zahra DOCKLANDS 125
FWD QEII Cup Connor Beasley ANDREAS VESALIUS 119
  Maxime Guyon SOSIE 122
  Christophe Lemaire MASQUERADE BALL 119
  Jason Collett GIOVANNI 119
  Oisin Murphy ROYAL CHAMPION 119

(** This list of jockeys is subject to amendment at the time of declarations.)

Permission has also been granted for Craig Williams to ride CAP FERRAT in the FWD Champions Mile. It was previously announced that James McDonald is granted permission to ride ROMANTIC WARRIOR in the FWD QEII Cup.

As Visiting Jockeys, all the aforementioned jockeys will be permitted to accept race riding engagements in all races run on that day.

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