Who Is SPOTY Contender Hollie Doyle? 10 Facts On Record-Breaking Female Jockey

Hollie Doyle is a British jockey who was recently nominated for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. 

The jockey has had hundreds of victories this year. Being only behind Lewis Hamilton in the market, Hollie is very close to holding the award. Keep on reading to know more about the 24-years-old Jockey, Hollie Doyle.

10 Facts About Hollie Doyle

1. Talking about Hollie Doyle’s relationship status, she is currently involved with jockey Tom Marquand. She met her boyfriend Tom during their Pony Club days and were apprentices together at Richard Hannon’s yard.
2. Born on October 11, 1996, Hollie Doyle is currently at the age of 24 years old. 
3. Being a jockey, Hollie Doyle stands tall at a height of 5 feet. 
4. Securing over 100 victories in a year and being nominated for BBC’s SPOTY, Hollie has secured a Wikipedia page dedicated to her. 
5. The 24-years-old Jockey has an active Instagram as well as a Twitter account with 20k and 20.7k followers respectively. 
6. Hollie comes from a family of racers. Her father Mark Doyle was a former jockey; whereas, her mother Caroline played in Arab horse races. She lived with her family in Herefordshire and owned point-to-pointer as well as ponies at home.
7. As a child, Hollie got her first pony at the age of nine.  In May 2013, she had her first ride as an amateur rider at Salisbury on The Mongoose.
8. With 116 victories, the jockey set a new record for winners ridden in a British season by a female jockey. In June 2020, she got her first win at  Royal Ascot.
9. On top of that, she was also the first female jockey to ride a winner at Ascot on Champions Day which followed her first Group 1 to win the Champions Sprint. 
10. After finishing the fourth season of the Flat Jockeys’ Championship as the highest ever ranking for a woman, Hollie was nominated for the BBC’s SPOTY award on December 1, 2020.