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Overseas jockeys permitted to ride at the FWD Champions Day racemeeting

15/04/2026 17:24

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.