Hollie Doyle, Ryan Moore and William Buick to represent Britain in international jockeys event

Hollie Doyle will join Ryan Moore and William Buick in representing Britain in the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at next month.

Doyle finished joint-third on her debut in the four-race competition in 2020 and then shared the runner-up prize a year later.

Moore is a dual winner of the IJC title and is not the only previous title holder to have another shot, with last year’s victor Vincent Ho heading the contenders for the December 4 event.

Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton will also feature for the home side, while Colin Keane, fresh from Breeders’ Cup glory on Magnum Force and a sixth Irish jockeys’ title, will also take part.

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Australian-based British expat Rachel King, who broke new ground by riding at the Breeders’ Cup, features in the line up along with Mickael Barzalona, James McDonald and Yuga Kawada.

The 12-strong list of competitors will be completed by the highest-ranked riders in the Hong Kong championship standings at the cut-off date of November 20.

Andrew Harding of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, said: “The Longines International Jockeys’ Championship is the most exciting jockey challenge every December.

“This year’s line-up features Ryan Moore, James McDonald and William Buick – who currently fill top three in the Longines World’s Best Jockey rankings, and between them this year they have won a string of the ’s leading Group One contests.

“They will compete with the world’s very best established riders for a thrilling night of great sport.”

Purton, Hong Kong’s seven-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey, will chase a record fourth IJC crown, having won the event in 2017, 2020 and 2021. He currently leads this season’s local standings with 32 wins (as of 4 November).

Ho became Hong Kong’s first home-grown jockey to win the LONGINES IJC last year. The four-time Tony Cruz Award recipient is also in recent fine form and ranks third in this season’s jockeys’ standings with 13 wins, just behind Purton and Hugh Bowman.

The four-race competition works on a points-based system with 12 points for the win, six points for second place and four points to third.

The ranking of each jockey will be determined by the total number of points earned over all four races and the champion will be the jockey with the highest accumulated points.