Doyle has her work cut out to overcome the outside post 12 in the £724,000 5f contest at Del Mar on Saturday, in which husband Tom Marquand starts from 11 on Big Evs
Hollie Doyle says she felt “gutted” when the draw came out for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Saturday.
He will have to overcome the outside post 12 to triumph in California, but he has Big Evs, ridden by Doyle’s husband Tom Marquand, alongside him in 11 and the outstanding favourite Cogburn, who starts from nine. “Cogburn seems to be an out and out frontrunner, no matter what, so it’s not a bad thing that he’s been drawn to near enough to me and Big Evs also who has loads of gate speed. We just have to get off to the best start we can and see where we land.”
“I’ve been searching for a ride in the Melbourne Cup for quite a few weeks,” she said. “Nothing was coming to a head so a few days ago I knocked it one the head and decided to book my flight to go straight to Japan.
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