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 largest 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 trip 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 harm he sustained at Kyoto final weekend.
Hopefully Ryan will probably be again within the saddle quickly however I am so joyful to be deputising for him in one of the high-profile races on this planet.
Ryan gave Vela Azul an excellent trip 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 grime.
I am certain 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.
AWESOME EQUINOX WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT
Vela Azul and each different runner within the Japan Cup must elevate their recreation to beat celebrity Equinox, who was wonderful within the Dubai Sheema Basic again within the spring.
Christophe Lemaire’s mount was simply as spectacular in successful 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 numerous respect for Japan’s champion three-year-old filly Liberty Island, who has gained the 1000 Guineas and the Oaks in her native nation this 12 months.
AVION MY BEST SATURDAY CHANCE
The most effective of my six rides at Tokyo on Saturday might be AVION D’OR, a lightly-raced mare who gained 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 monitor work within the week and he or she settled properly.
In a while the cardboard I additionally trip David Tesoro who obtained 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 a great begin in Tokyo with 4 winners already and if I can add to that tally on one of the 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 be among the many winners and we’re each wanting ahead to flying out to Hong Kong subsequent month to participate within the Longines Worldwide Jockeys’ Championship at Glad Valley.
It was a thrill to turn into 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 may see all of the motion reside on Sky Sports activities Racing.