Invest Saudi International Jockey’s Challenge
Saudi Cup Weekend
Friday 23 February 2024, King Abdulaziz Racecourse
The world-class Invest Saudi International Jockeys challenge takes place Friday 23 February 2024 and is made up of seven international women, two locally-based men and five international men competing individually for a share of the $100,000 prize.
All races consist of 14 runners, and jockeys will earn points based on their finishing position as well as taking home 20 per cent of the $400,000 prize money from each individual race.
The conditions of each event are as below and will be staged as races two, three, five and six on the race card.
| RACE | CONDITIONS | DISTANCE | PURSE | SURFACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE R1 | 4YO+ 0-90 Local Bred | 1600M | $400,000 | DIRT |
| INTERNATIONAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE R2 | 3YO 0-90 Local Bred | 1400M | $400,000 | DIRT |
| INTERNATIONAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE R3 | 4YO+ 0-90 | 1200M | $400,000 | TURF |
| INTERNATIONAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE R4 | 4YO+ 0-90 | 2100M | $400,000 | TURF |
Points are awarded over the four races, two of which are staged on dirt and two on turf, as follows:
- Winner: 15 points
- Second: 10 points
- Third: 7 points
- Fourth: 4 points
- Fifth: 2 points
The jockey with the most points after the four races will be crowned the winner. If a dead heat occurs, the points for the two places are added together, divided by two and shared between the two jockeys.
If there is a tie, there will be a countback on the number of winners and the jockey with the most winners will be adjudged the winner overall.
Jockey Challenge Purse (Separate from the individual race prize money):
Total Purse: $100,000
- 1st: $30,000
- 2nd: $20,000
- 3rd: $10,000
- 4: $5,000
- 5th to 14th: $3,500 each
2024 Leaderboard
| Position | Jockey Name | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Maryline Eon | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2nd | Camilo Ospina | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 3rd | Victoria Mota | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 4th | Luis Saez | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 5th | Rachel Venniker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 6th | Ryusei Sakai | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 7th | Saffie Osborne | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 8th | Damien Oliver | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 9th | Adel Alfouraidi | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10th | Alysha Collet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11th | Ryan Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 12th | Lisa Allpress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13th | Katie Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14th | Maxime Guyon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |