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.
They will be against three male teams, representing Great Britain & Ireland, Europe and the Rest of the World.
"The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup has regularly reinvented itself and we thought that the time was right to break new ground by seeing how three of the most successful female riders of all time can fare against three teams made up of some of world's top male jockeys," said Ascot spokesman, Nick Smith.
Turner added: "The three of us rode against each other in the Pimlico Female Jockey Challenge in the USA last year and I told Ascot straight afterwards that if there was ever an all girls team at the Shergar Cup, we'd definitely be keen to take part.
"I'm thrilled that it's going ahead and having been with Chantal in Dubai last week, I can tell you that we're both really up for putting one over on the boys on August 11 and I know Emma-Jayne will be too!"
James Doyle gets an automatic invitation as a result of winning the Dubai Duty Free and will make his Shergar Cup debut for the Great Britain & Ireland team. The remaining riders will be announced in due course.
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