Sibylle Vogt

Gestut Ebbesloh's homebred Nicoreni (Ger) (Brametot {Ire}--Nouvelle Neige {Ger, by Big Shuffle) broke through over seven furlongs with an impressive debut triumph in an Aug. 24 Baden-Baden maiden and continued on the upgrade with an equally taking display in Sunday's G3 Carla Kellner Zukunftsrennen Preis der Winterkonigin back at the Iffezheim venue. The 77-10 chance was swiftly into stride from the inside stall and occupied a position racing in a handy third through halfway in this one-mile contest. Looming large off the home turn, she was ridden along to seize...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Mike Smith, with two wins on the day, may have won the International Jockey Challenge at King Abdulaziz Racetrack Friday, but it was the women-allowed to ride in Saudi Arabia for the first time-who stole the show. New Zealand jockey Lisa Allpress became the first woman to ever ride the winner of a race in the country when she captured the first leg of the challenge aboard Matmon (KSA) (Kreem {GB}) and the event was bookended by winning women when Sibylle Vogt captured the last leg...