Hollie doyle boyfriend: who is tom marquand and how did they meet?

Hollie doyle boyfriend: who is tom marquand and how did they meet?

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Hollie Doyle has enjoyed an incredible year in horse racing. The 24-year-old broke her own record for the number of winners ridden by a British woman in a single year, including a historic


double on British Champions Day. The Herefordshire-born jockey is also the first woman to ride five winners on the same card. Here's everything you need to know about here boyfriend Tom


Marquand. WHO IS TOM MARQUAND? Like Doyle, Marquand is also a jockey and the pair regularly compete against each other. "You just go out and ride and try not to flatten each other,


that's all, or you won't be getting dinner that night," Marquand once said. The couple have been together since they were teenagers after meeting on the West Country pony


racing circuit. READ MORE: SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES: WHO IS ON THE SHORTLIST? "Being Champion Jockey has always been a major goal," he told The Sun. "Whether


it’s this year, or in two years, I don’t know. "But a lot of people ask me if I’ll go for it, and of course I will, I’ll always try and win as many races as I can. "A domestic


Group 1 winner would be nice too, that’s what we all get into this sport for." Both jockeys claimed their first winners at Royal Ascot in 2020 within the space of 24 hours. "I was


buzzing for Hollie at Ascot, and to do it on Scarlet Dragon as well, a horse that I rode out my claim on," said Marquand. "Hollie rode him later that year before she won the Old


Rowley Cup on him at Haydock and that was her first big winner. "Hollie puts in a hell of a lot of work off the track, she’s a real grafter. "From last winter she’s worked very


hard in the gym to put on weight and why it’s hard for me to look at it from an unbiased point of view, I thought that was a real turning point in her riding. "She’s not just standing


out as she’s a female rider doing well, but there’s only a few riders the lads in the weighing room don’t want to come up against in a finish and she’s one of them. "No female has ever


been able to make that ground before."