A rejigged Shergar Cup at Ascot sees an end to the Ladies team that had been part of the contest since its inception and a move to what are described as more “geographically based” teams representing Asia, Great Britain & Ireland, Europe and the Rest of the World.
It remains a little contrived at times – Robbie Dolan, for instance, last year’s Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, moved to Australia nearly a decade ago but is in the GB & Ireland lineup – but it is aimed at a slightly different audience to the remainder of Ascot’s programme and there are even more unfamiliar faces than usual this time around.
