Hollie Doyle ‘obliterating’ racing records

TOM Marquand has hailed Hollie Doyle’s achievement of setting a second successive record of winners in a calendar year for a female jockey as “remarkable”.
By Tom Richmond
Published 17th Oct 2020, 05:43 BST
Record-breaking rider Hollie Doyle.Record-breaking rider Hollie Doyle.
Record-breaking rider Hollie Doyle.

Doyle partnered her 117th winner of 2020 this week and partner Marquand, who has himself enjoyed a stellar year by winning the St Leger, believes the best is yet to come.

Both recorded their first Royal Ascot winners this year and both go head-to-head at today’s Qipco Champions Day meeting. “I can’t imagine there are more than four or five other jockeys that are over 100 winners for the year so far,” said Marquand, who met Doyle on the pony racing circuit.

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“She was hoping that by staying for the winter she would be able to carry that momentum through, but then stopping racing for nearly three months completely knocked that on the head and we were both sat at home thinking ‘what is going to happen when racing gets going again?’

This is Tom Marquand - Hollie Doyle's partner - after winning the St Leger on Galileo Chrome.This is Tom Marquand - Hollie Doyle's partner - after winning the St Leger on Galileo Chrome.
This is Tom Marquand - Hollie Doyle's partner - after winning the St Leger on Galileo Chrome.

“We weren’t sure how it would go once racing started, but she has just come out the gates flying.

“She has continually gone winner after winner. She has hit personal landmarks as well, after riding her first Group winner and becoming the first women jockey to ride a five-timer in Britain. Even this record largely goes over her head.

“Her main worry was that not many people can back up riding 100 winners in a year time and time again, but she has obliterated it. She turned 24 on Sunday and relatively speaking, you would like to think there is a good chunk of her career left to be able to achieve a lot more.”

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