{"id":58541,"date":"2025-08-09T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=58541"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:59:43","slug":"ascot-shergar-cup-2025-guide-teams-format-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ascot-shergar-cup-2025-guide-teams-format-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascot Shergar Cup 2025: Teams, Format and How The Horse Racing Team Event Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Love it or hate it &#8211; the Ascot Shergar Cup is back this weekend and despite being the &#8216;marmite&#8217; event of British horse racing is entering the 24th renewal &#8211; suggesting they are doing something right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, with the Shergar Cup filling the void after Glorious Goodwood and the upcoming York Ebor Festival &#8211; we look at this year&#8217;s renewal. Including the format, which jockeys to look out for, the teams and just how the competition is won.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Does The Shergar Cup Work? Rules, Format and How Points Are Scored<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A bit like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/racing-league-2025-explained-teams-fixtures-tv-prize-money-how-it-works\/\">Racing League<\/a> that is also going on at the moment, the Ascot Shergar Cup is a unique horse racing team event.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s staged over just one afternoon at Ascot racecourse, with jockeys from around the world riding in teams over six races to try and win points for their sides.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the better a jockey does in the race will mean more points they score.<\/p>\n<p>With all the points over the six races added up through the afternoon until we get a winning team after the final race.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2025 Shergar Cup Rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Six races make up the Shergar Cup (see below)<\/li>\n<li>Four Shergar Cup teams<\/li>\n<li>Each team will have three jockeys<\/li>\n<li>Each jockey will ride in five races<\/li>\n<li>Fields are limited to 10 horses (2 reserves)<\/li>\n<li>Each team will have two or three jockeys riding in each race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>How Are The Shergar Cup Points Won?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Shergar Cup team with the highest points after all six races win the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>While the jockey with the most points on the day will also win \u00a33,000 and the Silver Saddle.<\/p>\n<p>Shergar Cup points are awarded to the first five finishers in each race.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st &#8211; 15 points<\/li>\n<li>2nd &#8211; 10 points<\/li>\n<li>3rd &#8211; 7 points<\/li>\n<li>4th &#8211; 5 points<\/li>\n<li>5th &#8211; 3 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>2025 Shergar Cup Teams Sees Asia Join For First Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58549\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Shergar-Cup.jpg\" alt=\"Shergar Cup Teams 2025 See New Asia Team\" width=\"696\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Shergar-Cup.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Shergar-Cup-560x390.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Shergar-Cup-350x244.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shergar Cup Teams 2025 See New Asia Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See below the 2025 Shergar Cup teams this year &#8211; with four sides looking to win the most points.<\/p>\n<p>There is a newly-formed Asia team this year too that is led by top Indian jockey Suraj Narredu and also included Japan&#8217;s Mirai Iwata, who rode for trainer William Haggas at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/glorious-goodwood-dates-race-schedule-dress-code-and-ticket-options-2025\/\">Glorious Goodwood<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Rest Of The World team are captained by Karis Teetan. With the Europe Shergar Cup team led by Sweden&#8217;s Per-Anders Gr\u00e5berg.<\/p>\n<p>While top British female rider Hollie Doyle will guide the girl&#8217;s team, who have won the last two Shergar Cups.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the girl&#8217;s team have by far the best recent overall record &#8211; winning five times since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no girls team in 2025, with the lady riders dotted about the other teams.<\/p>\n<p>That said, top female riders Hollie Doyle and Jo Mason are in the GB and Ireland team. So you feel they will be big fancies with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing betting sites<\/a> to do well.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0Asia<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Suraj Narredu (Capt) (male) (IND)<\/li>\n<li>Ryusei Sakai (male) (JPN)<\/li>\n<li>Mirai Iwata (male) (JPN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Rest of the World <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Karis Teetan (Capt) (male) (MTN)<\/li>\n<li>Hugh Bowman (male) (AUS)<\/li>\n<li>Katie Davis (female) (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Europe <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Per-Anders Gr\u00e5berg (Capt) (male) (SWE)<\/li>\n<li>Dario Di Tocco (male) (ITA)<\/li>\n<li>Delphine Santiago (female) (FRA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Great Britain and Ireland <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hollie Doyle (Capt) (female) (GB)<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Dolan (male) (IRE)<\/li>\n<li>Joanna Mason (female) (GB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Shergar Cup Races 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>See below the six 2025 Shergar Cup races on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Plus we&#8217;ve also tackled the key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ascot-shergar-cup-trends-stats-tips-2025\/\">Shergar Cup trends<\/a> and stats so that you can find the best horse profiles based on past winners of the race.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:35 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Dash Cl2 (3yo+ 0-105) 5f ITV<\/li>\n<li>2:10 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Stayers (GBBPlus Race) Cl2 (4yo+ 0-100) 2m ITV<\/li>\n<li>2:45 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (GBBPlus Race) Cl2 (4yo+ 0-100) 1m4f ITV<\/li>\n<li>3:20 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Sprint Cl2 (3yo 0-100) 6f ITV<\/li>\n<li>3:55 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Classic (GBBPlus Race) Cl3 (3yo 0-95) 1m4f ITV<\/li>\n<li>4:30 &#8211; Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Mile Cl2 (4yo+ 0-105) 1m ITV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Is The Shergar Cup On ITV Racing? \ud83d\udcfa<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, as well as being shown on Sky Sports Racing &#8211; the 2025 Ascot Shergar Cup will also be shown LIVE on the Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/itv-racing-schedule-today\/\">ITV Racing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ascot Shergar Cup 2025 Date\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 9th August 2025<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTimes: First Race 1:35, Last Race 4:30<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6Grades: Class 2 and 3 Races<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Ascot<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV\/RTV<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shergar Cup History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44571\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44571 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-05-at-15.24.12-560x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-05-at-15.24.12-560x311.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-05-at-15.24.12-350x194.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-05-at-15.24.12.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hayley Turner Had A Top Shergar Cup Record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Shergar Cup was first staged back in 2000, with the Europe team &#8211; led by captain Pat Eddery &#8211; winning with 157 points.<\/p>\n<p>Many people though the horse racing team event would just be a non-runner.<\/p>\n<p>However, barring not being held in 2005 and in 2020 re Covid &#8211; the Shergar Cup has been a regular fixture in every other year.<\/p>\n<p>Top jockey Frankie Dettori captaining the winning team in three of the first five Shergar Cups.<\/p>\n<p>While in more recent years, recently retired Hayley Turner has guided the girls team to three wins since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Turner has also won the Silver Saddle (most points) three times since 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shergar Cup Winners\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2000 &#8211; Europe<\/li>\n<li>2001 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2002 &#8211; GB and Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2003 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; <em>Not Held\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2006 &#8211; GB and Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211;\u00a0Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; Europe<\/li>\n<li>2009 -Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2010 &#8211; Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2011 &#8211; Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; Europe<\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; Europe<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; Girls<\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; GB and Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Girls<\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Rest Of The World<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; <em>Not Held<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; Girls<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; GB and Ireland<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Girls<\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Girls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe title=\"DUBAI DUTY FREE SHERGAR JOCKEY CUP 2024 | ALL RACES \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6RJO4bfifNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love it or hate it &#8211; the Ascot Shergar Cup is back this weekend and despite being the &#8216;marmite&#8217; event of British horse racing is entering the 24th renewal &#8211; suggesting they are doing something right. 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