Four jockeys contesting the upcoming inaugural Premier Gateway International Jockeys Challenge at Kranji on 25 September have also been granted a visiting jockeys’ licence by the Singapore Turf Club to ride at the Raffles Cup meeting on 23 September.

They are Hugh Bowman from Australia, and a trio from South Africa, Lyle Hewitson, Muzi Yeni and Aldo Domeyer, who finished in the top three in that order on the South African jockeys’ premiership in the 2017-2018 racing season.

Four-time Sydney champion jockey Hugh Bowman, 38, is the 2017 Longines World’s Best Jockey and recipient of the inaugural Bart Cummings Medal in 2008-2009, but is probably better remembered as world champion mare Winx’s regular partner.