Group One glory for Doyle and Marquand
QIPCO British Champions Day, Ascot Racecourse, Berks
THE 10th running of QIPCO British Champions Day might as well have been rebranded “Tom and Hollie day” after the exploits of racing’s golden couple, Tom Marquand and Hollie Doyle, who rode four of the six winners between them. If the season as a whole has belonged to John Gosden and Aidan O’Brien, racing’s grand finale belonged to these two pony-racing graduates and now rising stars of the weighing room.
Doyle, who broke her own record for the most winners ridden by a
