Prado, Castellano to Ride in Japan Jockey Series
Date Posted: 11/10/2006 1:58:33 AM
Last Updated: 11/12/2006 2:48:36 PM

(from Japanese Racing Association)
Edgar Prado and Javier Castellano are to represent the United States in the 20th World Super Jockeys Series to be held Dec. 2-3 at Hanshin Racecourse.

Fourteen jockeys will compete in the event, the Japanese Racing Association announced. Prado will make his fifth appearance in the series – and fourth in a row – while Castellano makes his first visit to Japan.

Jockeys compete for points in four races over two days. The top prize of about $26,000 will be awarded to the winner, while second is worth about $17,300 and third about $8,600.

Here are the competitors:
USA – Edgar Prado
USA – Javier Castellano
France – Ioritz Mendizabal
Germany – Andreas Suborics
England – Ryan Moore
Australia – Darren Beadman
Australia – Craig Williams
Hong Kong – Douglas Whytes
JRA – Yutaka Take
JRA – Yasunari Iwata
JRA – Shinji Fujita
JRA – Eiji Nakadate
JRA – Norihiro Yokoyama
NAR – Kusuhiko Hamaguchi
(National Association of Racing)


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