As Barcelona star Marcos Alonso cousin jockey Victoria Alonso, prepares to take part in the International Jockeys’ Challenge at the Saudi Cup, fans are going crazy with support, find out more details.
Victoria Alonso is Marcos Alonso’s little-known cousin, who is currently making waves in another sport.
At the Saudi Cup IJC, Victoria will race against some of the most talented jockey’s like Frankie Dettori.
Who is jockey Victoria Alonso cousin of Marcos Alonso, her age, stats, family
Victoria Alonso
Vitoria Alonso is a 20-year-old promising jockey who has already registered 55 wins to her name. Following her impressive performances, Alonso will take part in the International Jockeys’ Challenge (IJC). The IJC is the undercard to the £16.2million Saudi Cup, which is the world’s richest race.
A family with a deep ties to sports
Victoria comes from a family that has a deep sporting history. Her father, Cesar, was also a former footballer and jockey in his youth. Cesar played for La Liga side Rayo Vallecano before becoming a jockey and then working as a trainer.
Victoria’s cousin Marcos Alonso currently plays for Barcelona after spending six years at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea. Prior to that, he played for Real Madrid. Altogether, six members across three generations of the Alonso family have played professional football. Three of them have gone on to even represent their nation, Spain.
Victoria also shared about her family’s ties with football and sports in general. She believes that it will be her time to shine when she lines up to take part in the race scheduled for February 24, 2023.
Victoria shared:
I am very proud to be continuing my family’s involvement in top-level sport. Not only are most of them professional footballers but they are all big fans of horse racing and proud of me.
A dream come true
While sharing about taking part in the challenge, Victoria revealed that both of her parents would attend the competition. She shared how getting to ride in the IJC at The Saudi Cup would be a dream come true.
Victoria revealed how she really wants to savour this great experience of riding against some of the world’s best jockeys. The 20-year-old satted that she is ready to give everything she has in the competition.
She also added how the experience will serve as a very exciting and totally unique one both on the professional and personal level. Victoria is looking to gain some great international exposure with the help of the competition.
Support from fans
Following the news that Victoria take part on the big stage against the like of other famous jockeys like Frankie Dettori and model-turned-jockey Chantal Sutherland fans are very excited with the news and some shared their delight on the internet.
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