The White Turf

This has to be my picture of the week, jockey and Markel Ambassador, Lucy Alexander riding in the White Turf at St Moritz last Sunday.

Lucy comes second on Winston Rocket

First staged in 1907, the event is held every year in February racing on the frozen ice at St Moritz.

Lucy came second in the third round of the 1600m HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubrak Ladies World Championship IFAHR riding Winston Rocket trained by Swedish trainer, Camilla Nillson. It was the first ever Ladies race held on the White Turf.

The event attracts crowds of more than 30,000 and is a magnet for the rich and famous across Europe. The cards are a mixture of Flat races, Trotting races and also a unique discipline known as Skikjoring, which is a trotting race in which the riders are pulled along on skis! 

Markel were absolutely thrilled to see Lucy's picture (in her branded breeches) across many of the papers - the best form of sponsorship in picturesque action!