Turner back in action at Newmarket on Friday Hayley Turner returns to race-riding at Newmarket on Friday evening as part of her preparation for the Shergar Cup at Ascot next month. Turner, who retired at the end of last season after being Britain's most successful female jockey, is set to partner Clenymistra for trainer Marco Botti and owners Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar in the Colchester Cancer Centre Campaign Maiden Fillies' Stakes. She agreed to make a comeback purely for the Shergar Cup, in which she helped the women's team to success last summer, after Melbourne Cup-winning rider Michelle Payne was forced to withdraw due to injury. "The owners have been good to me and I asked their racing manager Tony Nerses if he had anything to throw my way," Turner told At The Races. "I'm getting as fit as I can at home, but race-riding always helps. "I've been riding out at lot at home, but a couple of steady canters up Warren Hill doesn't challenge you that much. I need to have two or three rides before I have my comeback officially at the Shergar Cup. "James Fanshawe and Sheikh Fahad have said I could ride one of theirs in a couple of weeks, Landwade Lad, this morning. "I spoke to Conor Dore the other day and he said I could ride Desert Strike when he runs. The more rides I get the better. "As I feel at the moment, I'm happy just to come back for the Shergar Cup. It's a fun day and I'm really excited about it." Botti is happy to have Turner riding the filly, who he expects to shape much better than on her debut at Chester last month. "She hasn't had many rides for us, but she has done well when she has," said the Newmarket trainer. "She knows the owners and their racing manager and they are keen to have her. "This will probably put her fitness spot on! "We were a bit disappointed with the filly when she ran at Chester. I thought she would run a good race, but she was drawn wide and had to go three wide all the way. "Andrea (Atzeni) said after the race he thought it was the wrong track for her. She is better than that and is on a straight course. With that run under her belt, she should run a much better race. "She has been working nicely at home and it looks like she has come on for the experience."
