HORSE RACING
Champion jockey Anthony Delpech hopes to shine at Ascot
Champion jockey Anthony Delpech gets a chance to show off his talent in the UK on Saturday when he represents the Rest Of The World team in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot. It will be a busy few days for 48-year-old Delpech. After Ascot, he will dash to Heathrow to catch the plane back to SA to ride at Scottsville on Sunday. Then, on Tuesday, he will be in Johannesburg to accept the trophy for champion jockey for the 2016-17 season at the Equus awards. He finished with 195 winners, 43 more than his nearest rival, Greg Cheyne. Delpech is no stranger to overseas racing having had considerable success in Hong Kong, but Ascot is one of the world’s most famous racecourses and he will be keen to win one of the six international races. The Rest Of The World team is captained by Australia’s Kerrin McEvoy, who won the Melbourne Cup in November 2016. Another member of the team is Japan’s star rider Keita Tosaki, who has been champion in his country for the past three years. It is wom...
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