Hollie Doyle

Hollie Doyle (born 11 October 1996) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. She set a new record for winners ridden in a British season by a female jockey in 2019. The following year, she came fourth in the Flat Jockeys' Championship, the highest result for a woman to date. She came third in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2020, and was also named The Sunday Times sportswoman of the year.

Hollie Doyle
OccupationJockey
Born11 October 1996
Major racing wins
British Champions Sprint (2020)
British Champions Long Distance Cup (2020)
Princess of Wales's Stakes (2020)
Significant horses
Glen Shiel

Background

Doyle comes from a racing background. Her father Mark Doyle, from Clonmel, is a former jockey and her mother Caroline rode in Arab horse races. The family lived in Herefordshire and had point-to-pointers and ponies at home. Doyle was a member of the Herefordshire Pony Club and rode her first pony race at the age of nine.[1] She had her first ride under rules as an amateur rider on The Mongoose at Salisbury in May 2013, winning by half a length.[2] After taking her GCSEs in 2013, she joined the training yard of David Evans in Wales. That winter she spent six weeks riding trackwork in Santa Anita, California.[1]

Career

Doyle moved as an apprentice jockey to the Wiltshire yard of trainer Richard Hannon in 2014 and rode out her claim in November 2017.[3] Her first win in a Listed race came on Billesdon Bess in the August 2017 Upavon Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury while still an apprentice.[1] In June 2018 Doyle was unseated in a race at Haydock and suffered facial injuries including the loss of several teeth. She returned to race riding after 10 days.[4]

In 2019 Doyle set a new record for winners ridden in a British season by a female jockey with 116 victories,[5] passing the previous record of 106 winners set by Josephine Gordon in 2017.[6] Doyle's first win at Royal Ascot came in June 2020 when she steered 33/1 chance Scarlet Dragon to victory in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes.[7]

Doyle rode her first Group race winner on 9 July 2020 on Dame Malliot in the Princess of Wales's Stakes on the July Course at Newmarket.[8] In the same month she was appointed as a retained jockey for owner Imad Al Sagar, and in August won the Rose of Lancaster Stakes on Extra Elusive for her new retainer. It was Doyle's second Group race win.[9] On 29 August 2020 Doyle rode five winners in one day at Windsor Racecourse, making her the first female jockey to win five races on the same card in Britain.[5] On 14 October 2020 Doyle rode her 117th winner of the season, breaking the female jockeys' record she set in 2019,[10] and finishing fourth in the Jockeys' Championship.[11]

On 17 October 2020, Doyle became the first female jockey to ride a winner on Champions Day at Ascot, when she steered Trueshan to victory in the Long Distance Cup. This was followed by her first Group 1, winning the Champions Sprint on Glen Shiel.[12] In early November, she made her debut at the Breeders' Cup, riding Mighty Gurkha in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and getting her first ride for Aidan O'Brien on the undercard.[13] Doyle finished the season fourth in the Flat Jockeys' Championship, the highest-ever ranking for a woman.[14]

Awards

In 2019 Doyle was awarded a Lester for lady jockey of the year.[15] In December 2020 she was named The Sunday Times sportswoman of the year.[16] Later that month she took third place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award,[17] and was awarded three Lesters including flat jockey of the year.[18]

Personal life

Doyle's partner is jockey Tom Marquand. The couple met in their Pony Club days, and they were for a time apprentices together at Richard Hannon's yard.[1]

Major wins

Great Britain

References
  1. "The Finish Line with Hollie Doyle". theownerbreeder.com. 8 September 2019.
  2. "Full Result: 5.20 Salisbury 5 May 2013". Racing Post. 5 May 2013.
  3. "'A phenomenal achievement' - Doyle joins elite club as she hits 100 winners". Racing Post. 21 November 2019.
  4. "Talking Horses: Hollie Doyle back in the saddle after Haydock trampling". The Guardian. 3 July 2018.
  5. "Hollie Doyle sets female jockey record with five wins at Windsor". BBC Sport. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. Keogh, Frank (5 December 2019). "Hollie Doyle: Jockey breaks record for female wins - 107th victory at Southwell". BBC Sport.
  7. "Royal Ascot: Hollie Doyle rides first winner while Golden Horde claims Commonwealth Cup victory". BBC Sport. 19 June 2020.
  8. Cook, Chris (9 July 2020). "Hollie Doyle breaks new ground with Group-race victory on Dame Malliot". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. "Hollie Doyle finds Extra Elusive quality to triumph at Haydock". The Guardian. 8 August 2020.
  10. "Hollie Doyle breaks own record for winners ridden by a woman in a year". BBC Sport. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. "Flat Jockeys' Championship". Professional Jockeys' Association. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. "Hollie Doyle lands first two at Ascot and maiden Group 1 in Champions Sprint". Racing Post. 17 November 2020.
  13. Wood, Greg (5 November 2020). "Talking Horses: Hollie Doyle leads new faces at Breeders' Cup meeting". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  14. "'A huge privilege' - Hollie Doyle nominated for Sports Personality of the Year". Racing Post. 1 December 2020.
  15. "Record-breaker Hollie Doyle picks up top female jockey award at the Lesters". Racing Post. 22 December 2019.
  16. "'I'm blown away' - Hollie Doyle crowned Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year". Racing Post. 26 November 2020.
  17. "Sports Personality of the Year 2020: Lewis Hamilton crowned winner". BBC. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  18. "Another coup for Hollie Doyle as rider is honoured with three Lesters". Racing Post. 22 December 2020.
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