Hollie Doyle became the most successful female jockey in the history of the British race when Brindavan gave him a 1,023rd winner in Ascot on Saturday.
The 28 -year -old, who exceeded the total of Hayley Turner, reached 1,000 national winners in March And has regularly set up more than 100 winners per season since 2019. Her best season was 2021 when she won 172 races.
“It is a great step to reach and I am really grateful to all the women who came before me,” she said. “Hayley was much more hard than me and she paved the way for people like me to do it, and there are many more women in the pipeline who will continue to do so. Things are doing well and I'm just grateful that it is easier for me than for Hayley. ”
The Jockey, which goes up for the Lambourn Court of Archie Watson and is kept by the owner Imad Al Sagar to mount his horses, was already the most successful in terms of group 1 races, after winning his first on Glen Shiel in 2020. His best association was his filly, Nashwa, who won three groups.
Doyle, which is Married to his colleague Jockey Tom Marquandwishes to continue to extend its record. She added: “I try to keep my head down and get things done all the time. I have no room to slow down the pace. You have to be really resilient in this sport and everyone must work hard. You have no other choice.
Turner announced her retirement, for the second time, in April, when she got pregnant. If Doyle needs a new goal, it is still able to record 3,704 career winners established by Julie Krone in the United States.
The big race, the Schweppes Victoria Cup, on the ASCot on Saturday was won by Saffie Osborne, another woman jockey who goes, on Hickory, a 22-1 shot formed by her father Jamie.
Father and daughter left for America at the end of the week they run Heart of Honor in the Preakness Stakes, the second stage of the triple American crown, in Pimlico on Saturday.
