Moore's Ascot double helps GB&I to Shergar Cup victory
WINNING FEELING: Jockey Saffie Osborne, alongside Ryan Moore and Dylan Browne McMonagle, holds the trophy after leading her team to victory in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Mile at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire. Pic Steven Paston/PA Wire.
Moore shows class with Shergar Cup double to win Silver Saddle By Press Association Sport Reporters Ryan Moore advertised his class with a Shergar Cup double at Ascot, helping his Great Britain and Ireland team land the main event while he also picked up the Alastair Haggis Silver Saddle for leading rider at the meeting.
It is 20 years since the leading jockey last took part in the unique challenge – when he was also leading rider – but the movement of the Phoenix Stakes card at the Curragh to Sunday meant he was free to take part and he showed the big crowd just what they have been missing in his absence.
