- This topic has 77 replies, 23 voices, and was last updated 10 months ago by
.
- Posts
Winning for Simon Dow on Corazon Espinado was a pleasant surprise.
Did she forget to mention this in her anthraces piece on Friday, I remember many years ago a well known jumps trainer did a stable tour in the weekender spoke about his runners for Cheltenham that weekend, apart from 1, that horse won the handicap hurdle at 33/1.Congratulations to Hollie for bagging her second Group One today, aboard Trueshan in the Goodwood Cup.
Hollie Doyle rode a belter on Trueshan today, nobody was going to get past her and congratulations also on riding Lord Riddiford and Sisters In The Sky.
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Slightly surprised by the tone of some of this article. Talk of Doyle being a “gem” and having a “winning smile”.
It does not really bother me but would RTV have made such comments about a male jockey?
Shouldn’t we be getting away from drawing attention to female jockeys and just treating them as jockeys?
I know there are several presenters and pundits on RTV who see themselves on the liberal side of politics. I wonder what would Lydia Hislop for example think about the description of Doyle, which could be construed as patronising?
https://www.racingtv.com/news/praise-pours-in-for-hollie-doyle-after-landmark-classic-victory
I agree.
I think Hollie Doyle is an excellent jockey, but she’s one of the smaller, lighter, jockeys and she might have done better in the era when the weight range was lower.
If she rides Trueshan in the Northumberland Plate on Saturday she’ll surely have two stone of dead weight in the saddle cloth.
That’s an extreme example, but the best objective criticism of Doyle I’ve heard is that she sometimes struggles on big strong horses who take a real hold in the same way light weight jockey Michael Roberts used to.
In the current weight range era she could probably do with being that tiny bit taller, heavier and consequently stronger.
But pound for pound, who’s better than her?
No one, I’d say because she’s a naturally gifted rider and tactically she’s outstanding.
I am "The Horse Racing Punter" on Facebook
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ian_Davies_
https://www.facebook.com/ThePointtoPointNHandFlatracingpunter/
It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/12/hollie-doyle-horse-racing-interview
Nice interview here, if anyone is interested.
“She sometimes struggles on big strong horses who take a real hold”.
I think ID made a good point here. I have noticed this once or twice this season. It looked like the favourite in the Northumberland Plate got lit up and took off with her for a while.
She rode the winner well in the previous race, though.
Well done to Hollie Doyle on reaching a 1,000 winners.
And Tommo was there to celebrate it with her:
I think it’s a great achievement for any jockey, especially at the age of 27.
Well done to her.
And now she has reached 1,000 winners in Britain:
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.