Our ambassador Hollie Doyle provides one other proud achievement to her burgeoning CV on Sunday when she companions final 12 months’s winner Vela Azul in one of many world’s greatest races, the Group One Japan Cup.
HOPING TO PLAY SUPER SUB IN JAPAN CUP
I could not be happier with the beginning I’ve made to my two-month stint in Tokyo however to get a journey within the £5.4m Japan Cup at 6.40am on Sunday is much more thrilling.
I am hoping for a giant run from final 12 months’s winner VELA AZUL, who would have been ridden by my fellow Brit Ryan Moore however for the damage he sustained at Kyoto final weekend.
Hopefully Ryan can be again within the saddle quickly however I am so joyful to be deputising for him in probably the most high-profile races on this planet.
Ryan gave Vela Azul a superb journey to win final 12 months’s Japan Cup however the six-year-old has been off the boil this 12 months, disappointing within the Dubai World Cup on dust.
I am positive his coach Kunihiko Watanabe has him in good order for this return to Tokyo and I am joyful sufficient with our beginning place in stall 9.
Final 12 months’s Japan Cup winner Vela Azul
AWESOME EQUINOX WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT
Vela Azul and each different runner within the Japan Cup must increase their sport to beat famous person Equinox, who was wonderful within the Dubai Sheema Basic again within the spring.
Christophe Lemaire’s mount was simply as spectacular in profitable the Group One Tenno Sho over 1m 2f at Tokyo on his newest begin on the finish of October and is a worthy favorite.
I even have a number of respect for Japan’s champion three-year-old filly Liberty Island, who has received the 1000 Guineas and the Oaks in her native nation this 12 months.
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AVION MY BEST SATURDAY CHANCE
The perfect of my six rides at Tokyo on Saturday could possibly be AVION D’OR, a lightly-raced mare who received two begins in the past, breaking her maiden tag.
She’s a keen-going horse who must calm down extra in her races however I galloped her in some observe work within the week and he or she settled properly.
Afterward the cardboard I additionally journey David Tesoro who acquired off the mark convincingly round Tokyo final time however wants to enhance once more on this higher firm.
LOOKING TO BUILD ON A GREAT START
It is so pleasing to have made such begin in Tokyo with 4 winners already and if I can add to that tally on probably the most aggressive weekends within the Japanese calendar I will be delighted.
Contemplating I rode solely two winners in the entire time I spent out right here final 12 months I could not be happier with the way in which it is going. I am getting some good rides and having fun with it immensely.
My husband Tom [Marquand] can also be among the many winners and we’re each trying ahead to flying out to Hong Kong subsequent month to participate within the Longines Worldwide Jockeys’ Championship at Completely happy Valley.
It was a thrill to grow to be the primary feminine jockey to win a leg of the problem once I first took half in it in 2020 and I am hoping to make the rostrum for the third time on Wednesday December 6. You possibly can see all of the motion reside on Sky Sports activities Racing.
