Camilo Ospina set to be crowned champion jockey as Taif summer season draws to a close
TAIF: Camilo Ospina is poised to become Taif Winter Season champion jockey as 10 weeks of racing come to an end with the King Khalid Racecourse Championships on Saturday.
Although the Colombian rider is without a mount in the final event of the campaign, he has amassed 20 winners and is seven clear of his nearest rivals, so victory looks assured.
The SR300,000 ($80,000) King Khalid Racecourse Championship for older horses over 1600m brings the curtain down on the summer season before racing resumes in Riyadh on Oct. 16, and many familiar names have been declared among the 17 runners.
Adel Al-Fouraidi’s mount Waqtuk (USA) is top-rated with the Tuwaiq Cup runner-up on a hat-trick bid after his two Taif wins, including when beating the reopposing Final Destination (GB) and Ibn Toulon (KSA) among others in the King Khalid Racecourse Championship Prep earlier this month.
