Jockey who quit Britain over a lack of opportunities has now won a Grade One race and could end year on a bigger high
Sophie Doyle is no bigger than 8-1 to achieve victory at the Breeders’ Cup, following the first Grade One success of her career on Saturday night. The 33-year-old jockey, who quit Britain in 2012 over a lack of opportunities, came from the back aboard Street Band to win the Cotillion Stakes at Parx, just outside Philadelphia, turning over a hot favourite from Chad Brown’s stable in the previously unbeaten Guarana.
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