He will join James Doyle (captain) and Adam Kirby of England, Martin Harley of Ireland, Germany’s Andreas Helfenbein and Selim Kaya of Turkey.

These six will compete against S’manga Khumalo (Captain), Piere Strydom, Richard Fourie, Muzi Yeni,  Anthony Delpech and Bernard Fayd’Herbe.

Rispoli rode in the 2010 Challenge and was the victor ladorum in the second leg at Kenilworth, where he rode one winner, a third, a fourth and an eighth place. However this was not enough to secure his team victory.

Rispoli set an Italian record of 245 winners in a season in 2009, breaking the record of 229 set in 1982 by Frankie Dettori’s father Gianfranco.

The 25-year-old made his race riding debut in 2005 with a second place on 5 February 2005 and waited just 14 days to taste his first victory.

He has had a few stints in Hong Kong where his biggest success was aboard Rulership in the 2012 Gr 1 QE II Cup.  He had eleven wins from 128 rides in Hong Kong last season and has been granted a license to ride there again during the winter from November 15 to January 15, so will likely be taking in the Jockeys Challenge on his way to the island nation.

Rispoli has ridden in France for the last three summers and autumns and had a Gr 1 win in each of 2012 and 2013. He rode in Japan in early 2011 and also recorded a Gr 1 victory there. He has had two Gr 1 victories in Italy.

Rispoli has also ridden in races in the UK and Mauritius.

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