Tuesday 2 August 2011

Hanagan "Skipper" On Saturday


Paul Hanagan will captain Great Britain's Shergar Cup team at Ascot on Saturday.


The champion jockey was announced as part of the side on Monday along with Hayley Turner and Jim Crowley while Olivier Peslier will lead a European team comprising himself, fellow Frenchman Christophe Lemaire and the Italian Mirco Demuro.

The Irish team (Richard Hughes, Fran Berry and Colm O'Donoghue) and the Rest of the World (Doug Whyte, Yutaka Take and Hugh Bowman) had already been announced.