Hollie Doyle looking forward to Hong Kong opportunity
Hollie Doyle is banking on past experience helping her as she has her sights set on the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley on December 4.
Doyle has picked up various records for female riders, including being the first woman to ride five winners in one British racecard, but her standout achievements come in the form of Group One victories.
Doyle has also hit the mainstream after scooping third place in the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year in 2020.
Doyle grew up in Ivington, Herefordshire and had an early pony racing encounter with future opponent and boyfriend Tom Marquand. She beat Marquand in a pony race at Chaddesley Corbett when Marquand was just 14.
A standout win in 2016 came on board Scarlet Dragon for Eve Johnson Houghton in the Old Rowley Cup at Newmarket worth £87,150 to winning connections. She finished the 2016 season with 33 winners, accruing over £300,000 in prize money.
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The 2020 season proved momentous too as Doyle notched her first Royal Ascot win aboard Scarlet Dragon for Alan King in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes.
She then followed up with a first group level win in the Group Two Princess Of Wales's Tattersalls Stakes at Newmarket for Ed Walker as her access to quality animals grew.
The diminutive Doyle showed she was ready to dine at racing's top table with a double on Qipco Champions Day at Ascot.
Not content with becoming the first female jockey to win on Champions Day, she showcased a burgeoning relationship with top stayer Trueshan as Alan King's marathon horse won the Group Two Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup.
The 2021 season provided more top winners with True Self, the mount of Irish trainer Willie Mullins getting up under Doyle in the lucrative Neom Turf Cup at Riyadh worth a cool £437,956 to the winner.
Hollie Doyle's father is ex-jockey Mark Doyle, and her mother is called Caroline.
She is married to fellow jockey Tom Marquand with the pair having met as children at pony club.
Hollie Doyle's net worth is believed to be around £1million.
Hollie Doyle is banking on past experience helping her as she has her sights set on the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley on December 4.
Sea King is set to have Hollie Doyle in the saddle for the Melbourne Cup after cruising to victory in the Bendigo Cup.
Kempton Park has Wednesday evening’s racing action all to itself, and this seven-furlong handicap looks sure to provide race-goers with an entertaining contest along with some decent betting options.
The opening race of Tuesday evening’s all-weather meeting at Newcastle sees nine proven performers compete for the biggest prize on the card in what appears to be a wide-open handicap.
Haydock’s heavy conditions should not slow down these five-furlong sprinters too much, but it might level the playing field enough for a decently priced winner to upset the odds.
Hollie Doyle will be sad to see Bradsell retire from racing to join the National Stud in Newmarket after his run at the Breeders’ Cup.
Heavy going is expected at Nottingham on Wednesday afternoon, but if our best tip is back on her A-game, then the testing conditions should suit her, quite literally, down to the ground.