Female team to take on boys at Ascot

Hayley Turner is to join North American stars Chantal Sutherland and Emma-Jayne Wilson to form the first ever female team at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot on August 11.

Turner, who has taken part annually since 2006, is Britain’s most accomplished lady rider in history, winning two Group Ones last season as well as becoming the first of her sex to ride 100 winners in a calendar year.

She has plenty of assistance through Wilson, who has ridden in the Shergar Cup once before and is one of the top jockeys in Canada, while the glamorous Sutherland, who is also Canadian, rode a Grade One winner in the USA last year and also competed in last week’s Dubai World Cup.