Superstar Line-Up For 2024 LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship
The LONGINES IJC is the most prestigious jockey challenge in the world and the most lucrative for the winning rider!
7th November 2024
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The LONGINES IJC is the most prestigious jockey challenge in the world and the most lucrative for the winning rider!
Invigorated with 5 wins this season, he has four mounts today led by the Michael Chang-trained Woodfire Bro, who contests a cracking HK$3,12 million Class 2 High Island Handicap
Queensland-trained Knight’s Choice has won Australia’s greatest race
Aidan O’Brien has blamed himself for City Of Troy’s forgettable swansong after Sierra Leone outdueled Fierceness in the $7 million Longines Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic
Hronis Racing’s Full Serrano (ARG) swept to the front at the top of the stretch and had more than enough to hold off Post Time by 1 1/2 lengths to win the 18th running of the $1 million Big Ass Fans Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
The supremely bred Gr1-winning 2YO Henry Longfellow will retire to the Fethard operation to take up stud duties for the 2025 season
Moira assumed command entering the stretch and held off a late bid from Cinderella’s Dream (GB) by a half-length to win the 26th running of the $2 million Maker’s Mark Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Thorpedo Anna capped a banner 2024 by leading all way to post a 2 ½-length victory over Raging Sea to win the 41st running of the $2 million Longines Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Gallop TV will be showing races 4-10 on the card and their coverage will commence at 03h40 for the early birds
Luke Ferraris’ horsemanship proved decisive before the start of the Class 3 Santa Monica Handicap when the young South African athletically controlled race favourite My Wish
An ‘arrogant’, ‘dominant’ and ‘awesome’ victory solidified Easter Sale superstar Switzerland’s future at stud when he produced a devastating performance to win the stallion making Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
