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James McDonald crowned world’s best jockey ahead of Ascot debut on Northerly Stakes favourite Cascadian

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James McDonald crowned world’s best jockey ahead of Ascot debut on Northerly Stakes favourite Cascadian

James McDonald was crowned world's best jockey for 2022. McDonald is riding Cascadian in Saturday's Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m). McDonald has won four races on CASCADIAN and more than $5.6 million in prizemoney for Godolphin. CSCadian is a favourite to win the race. The Pinnacles carnival is being held at Ascot. It's McDonald's second visit to Perth. He flew to Geraldton a few years ago to go to a cattle muster. The carnivals is rebranded and runs until the end of March.

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