M AT T H E W C H A DW I C K

33 years old

• Impressed as his Rest of The World team won the 2012 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, riding a winner and three seconds to claim the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle.

• Hong Kong’s champion apprentice in 2008/09, where he has since ridden over 500 winners

• Best known for his association with California Memory, whom he rode to victory in back-to-back editions of the G1 Hong Kong Cup in 2011 and 2012.

• A graduate of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice Jockeys’ School, he completed his apprenticeship in Australia, which included a four-timer at Lismore Racecourse.

K A Z U O Yo Koya M A

30 years old

• Gained a breakthrough G1 success on Titleholder in the 2022 Tenno Sho (Spring), a horse he would later ride to finish 11th in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

• From a family steeped in racing – grandfather Tomio and father Norihiro were G1-winning jockeys, as is his younger brother Takeshi, who rode at last year’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup.