About Hollie Doyle

Hollie is from a racing background and grew up around horses. Her father Mark is a former jockey and her mother Caroline rode in Arab horse races. The family had point-to-pointers and ponies at home, and Hollie was a member of the Radnorshire & West Herefordshire Pony Club, riding in her first pony race at the age of nine.

In 2013 she joined trainer David Evans in Wales, riding a winner on her very first ride at 16 while still at school. In 2014 she moved to champion trainer Richard Hannon to continue her apprenticeship, and rode her first Listed winner on Billesdon Bess at Salisbury in 2017 before turning professional.

In 2019 Hollie rode into the history books with 116 winners, a record for a female jockey in a British calendar year. She broke it again in 2020 and in 2021, when she rode 172 winners. In 2020 she became the first female jockey to ride a winner on British Champions Day, completing a double that included her first Group 1 on Glen Shiel. She was named The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year and finished third in BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2022 Hollie became the first female jockey to win a French Classic when Nashwa won the Prix de Diane, and the following year she became the first woman to ride three winners at Royal Ascot. In 2025 she passed Hayley Turner’s total to become the winning-most female jockey in British racing history.

Hollie has ridden in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the USA, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Hong Kong and Japan. She is married to fellow jockey Tom Marquand; they met at the age of 14 and married in March 2022 in Ivington, Herefordshire.