2015 World All-Star Jockeys - outline and jockey profiles

The World All-Star Jockeys is an international event launched by the Japan Racing Association. Formerly called the World Super Jockeys Series since its establishment in 1987, it has welcomed more than 200 top-calibre jockeys from Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia and held on the last weekend of November or else first of December at either Tokyo or Hanshin Racecourse. The series has been altered in schedule and venue this year, and will be held on August 29th and 30th at Sapporo Racecourse on the northern island of Hokkaido.

The new edition of this event will welcome five outstanding jockeys from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia and Hong Kong to join seven JRA jockeys and two NAR (National Association of Racing; local public racing) jockeys in their bid for the title. A team competition will be added to the regular individual contest this year, in which the overseas and NAR jockeys will form “Team WAS (World All-Star)” and compete against “Team JRA” to attain the most points as a team.

The first two of the four-race series will be conducted on August 29th (Sat), while the third and fourth will be held the following day (Sun).

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