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Racing - It’s a Rush, the integrated brand which now represents South African horseracing, is the new title sponsor of next month’s prestigious International Jockeys Challenge.

The race series will be held at Turffontein in Johannesburg on November 15 and at Kenilworth in Cape Town on November 16.

The International Jockeys Challenge sees a formidable team of international riders take on a six-man South African team.

Captain of the South African team this year is S’Manga Khumalo, last season’s Champion Jockey when he became the first black jockey to win the title.

The local team include all time great Piere Strydom, just 10 wins away from being the first South African jockey to win 5000 races, Richard Fourie, Muzi Yeni and Anthony Delpech.

A younger team of riders then in previous years make up the international team led by James Doyle, the UK jockey who achieved four major wins this past year riding champion colt Kingman.

The other international team members are Martin Harley (Ireland), Adam Kirby (United Kingdom), Andreis Helfenbein (Germany) and Selim Kaya (Turkey).

The jockeys will ride in four races at each event. The team that scores the most points wins the Challenge but there are also awards for the top riders in each of the legs and the top rider overall.

In the last six years, South Africa has won four times and the international team twice.