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<\/p>\nThe Brazilian Jockey Will Take Part in This Weekend\u2019s Jockeys\u2019 Tournament in Japan Alongside Other Riding Stars<\/p>\n
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The Jockeys Competing in the 2025 World All Star Jockeys During the Official Presentation \/ JRA<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Time: Francisco Leandro Set for World All Star Jockeys Debut in Japan<\/p>\n
The wait is over. In the early hours of Saturday (Argentina time), the 2025\u00a0World All Star Jockeys\u00a0will get underway at Sapporo Racecourse in Japan, with a South America-based rider taking part for the very first time: Brazilian ace\u00a0Francisco Leandro, the longtime leading jockey in Argentina.<\/p>\n
The South American standout will line up alongside some of the world\u2019s biggest names, including\u00a0Alexis Badel\u00a0(Hong Kong),\u00a0Thore Hammer-Hansen\u00a0(Germany),\u00a0Karis Teetan\u00a0(Hong Kong),\u00a0Cristian Torres\u00a0(United States),\u00a0Craig Williams\u00a0(Australia), and French-based rider\u00a0Christophe Clement, as well as local stars\u00a0Yutaka Take,\u00a0Ryusei Sakai,\u00a0Yuichi Kitamura,\u00a0Masashige Honda,\u00a0Keita Tosaki,\u00a0Norihiro Yokoyama, and\u00a0Takeshi Yokoyama.<\/p>\n
The competition will be decided over four races, with points determining the overall champion. Prize money will be $20,000 to the winner, $13,330 to the runner-up, and $6,670 to third, with each ride also earning $3,330 plus standard commissions.<\/p>\n
Leandro is booked for four mounts Saturday and another five Sunday. The Brazilian expressed both gratitude and excitement for the opportunity:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m extremely thankful for the invitation to come to Japan for the first time. I\u2019m very happy and I hope it will be a wonderful event for both the jockeys and the fans. I\u2019ve never ridden here, so I\u2019m very excited. I want to give my best.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about his riding style, he added:<\/p>\n
\u201cI always ride with respect for the horse. If I can keep a horse comfortable in rhythm, I think it will respond better in the stretch\u2014that\u2019s my way. I\u2019ve never competed in Asia, but I do have experience in Dubai and Saudi Arabia. I didn\u2019t talk to or receive advice from\u00a0Joao Moreira, but I\u2019ve always admired him greatly\u2014he\u2019s been my idol since I started. Turf or dirt, it depends on the horse, but personally I prefer turf.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moreira (2015 and 2023) and\u00a0Eurico da Silva\u00a0(2017) both lifted the trophy in past editions, though neither was based in South America at the time.<\/p>\n
In Saturday\u2019s first leg of the World All Star Jockeys, a turf maiden over 1200 meters, Leandro will partner\u00a0Maru Piru(Mikki Isle), quoted at 17.5\/1. In the second leg, a 2000-meter turf event, he will ride\u00a0Sumi\u00a0(Leontes), listed at 11\/1.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, his assignments include\u00a0Muffin\u00a0(Mikki Isle) in a 1700-meter dirt allowance, where expectations are modest, before closing out with\u00a0Lord Mannheim\u00a0(Lord Kanaloa) in an 1800-meter turf allowance\u2014his strongest chance, having finished runner-up over the same course and distance last out.<\/p>\n
First held in 1987, the World All Star Jockeys has seen the likes of\u00a0Cash Asmussen,\u00a0Yutaka Take,\u00a0Jerry Bailey,\u00a0Olivier Peslier,\u00a0Ioritz Mendizabal,\u00a0Ryan Moore,\u00a0Johnny Murtagh,\u00a0Zac Purton,\u00a0Mirco Demuro,\u00a0Craig Williams, and\u00a0Richard Hughes\u00a0among its past champions.<\/p>\n
Can Leandro add his name to that illustrious roll? The numbers suggest it will be a formidable task, but in racing, anything can happen. Just by competing, he has already made history. For South American racing, his participation is a point of pride on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brazilian Jockey Will Take Part in This Weekend\u2019s Jockeys\u2019 Tournament in Japan Alongside Other Riding Stars The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-85950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}