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Telegraph
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Hollie Doyle becomes Britain's most successful female jockey
Hollie Doyle became the most successful female jockey in British racing history when Brindavan gave her a 1,023rd winner at Ascot on Saturday. The 28-year-old, who has surpassed Hayley Turner's total, reached 1,000 domestic winners in March and has regularly ridden more than 100 winners a season since 2019. Her best season was 2021, when she won 172 races. 'It's a nice milestone to reach and I'm really grateful to all the female riders who came before me,' she said. 'Hayley had it a lot tougher than I did and she paved the way for people like me to go on and do this, and there's plenty more female riders in the pipeline who will go on to do it. Things are looking good and I'm just grateful it was easier for me than it was for Hayley.' The jockey, who rides for Archie Watson's Lambourn yard and is retained by owner Imad Al Sagar to ride his horses, was already the most successful in terms of Group One races, having won her first on Glen Shiel in 2020. Her best association was his filly, Nashwa, who won three Group Ones. Doyle, who is married to fellow jockey Tom Marquand, is keen to keep extending her record. She added: 'I'm trying to keep my head down and keep things moving forward the whole time. I've no room for slackening the pace. You have to be really resilient in this sport and everyone has to work hard. You have no choice but to. I'm no exception. Being a jockey isn't a forever career so you've got to make hay while the sun is shining and thankfully it's still shining.' Turner announced her retirement, for the second time, in April when she became pregnant. If Doyle needs a new target she is still some way short of the record of 3,704 career winners set by Julie Krone in the United States. The big race, the Schweppes Victoria Cup, on Saturday's Ascot card was won by Saffie Osborne, another female jockey going places, on Hickory, a 22-1 shot trained by her father Jamie. Father and daughter are off to America at the end of the week when they run Heart of Honor in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the US Triple Crown, at Pimlico on Saturday.
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Doyle sets winners record for female jockey
Hollie Doyle secured victory on Brindavan at Ascot to claim the record for most winners ridden by a female jockey in 28-year-old's triumph on the 8-1 chance, which is trained by Sean Woods, gave her victory number 1, had moved level with Hayley Turner at Chelmsford on Thursday."I've got to pinch myself to believe that I've done this well, so long may it continue, Doyle told Sky Sports Racing."It's a great milestone to have reached and I'll keep kicking."Woods added: "We don't get to use her much but I asked her to get a lead and everything went like clockwork, she's a great asset to the sport."Doyle broke the record for the number of annual winners ridden by a female jockey in 2019 by chalking up 116 triumphs, and reached 1,000 British winners in 2020, Doyle sealed her first Royal Ascot victory on Scarlet Dragon and claimed five victories in one meeting at achievements were recognised as she was named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year, as well as taking third place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year was the first woman to ride a winner on British Champions Day at Ascot and the first female jockey to earn Classic success when landing the French Oaks aboard Nashwa in 2022.
