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.