Amazing August for Jockey of the Month nominees

Features | 3^rd September 2020

Hollie Doyle, Jim Crowley and William Buick have all been nominated for August’s Jockey of the Month competition, following their outstanding performances across the month.

The August Jockey of the Month has been a record-breaking month for each of the nominated jockeys.

Hollie Doyle being the first female jockey to win five races on one card in Britain, a brilliant and historic day for the sport at Windsor.

There was a fantastic four-timer for Jim Crowley in the first four races at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival including a second Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes on Battaash.

William Buick won his first Juddmonte International and sat joint second in the Flat Jockeys’ Championship at a highing flying 23% strike rate at the of August.

The vote has now closed and here are the results.

Hollie Doyle

Hollie Doyle continued her stellar form in August and the 23-year-old entered her name into the history books once again, after a fantastic five-timer at Windsor Racecourse on Saturday 29^th August resulted in Hollie becoming the first female jockey to land five winners at a single meeting.

Doyle followed up her five-timer at Windsor with a treble at Yarmouth Racecourse the next day, in what was her second treble of the month following a treble at Lingfield Park Racecourse on Tuesday 4^th August.

During the month, Doyle also became the fastest female jockey to reach 50 wins in the Flat Jockeys’ Championship. Her win aboard Good Impression at Bath Racecourse on Monday 24^th August meant she reached the half-century 84 days into the 2020 campaign, 41 days faster than her own record of 125 days last season.

Amongst the 19 wins, Doyle also claimed two Group 3 successes with Extra Elusive. Firstly, in the BetVictor Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday 8^th August and then in the Gallagher Group Winter Hill Stakes as part of the five-timer at Windsor Racecourse. At the Yorkshire Ebor Festival, Certain Lad gave Hollie Doyle a another Group 3 victory in August in the Strensall Stakes.

Jim Crowley

2016 Champion Jockey, Jim Crowley, reached a significant milestone during August by securing his 2,000^th British win aboard Modmin at Goodwood Racecourse on Sunday 30^th August and becoming only the fifth current flat jockey to reach the landmark in the process.

That win rounded off another successful month for Crowley where he totalled 18 victories, four of which came in successive races at the Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival on Friday 21^st August when he won the first four races on the card.

The 42-year-old secured wins with Alfaatik, Minzaal, and then Enbihaar in the Group 2 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup followed by a second successive victory in the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes aboard Battaash – with those two races forming part of the 2020 QIPCO British Champions Series.

Crowley and Enbihaar also enjoyed success in the Group 2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse on Saturday 1^st August and Crowley also steered the Owen Burrows trained, Hukum, to victory in the Group 3 Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday 15^th August.

William Buick

William Buick recorded an impressive total of 24 victories during the month, beginning with a four timer at Newmarket Racecourse on Saturday 1^st August including his 50^th winner of the campaign aboard Karibana.

The 32-year-old also went on to secure doubles at both Lingfield Park Racecourse on Wednesday 26^th August and previously to that at Sandown Park Racecourse on Sunday 23^rd August – one of which was a win aboard Maamora in the Group 3 Betway Atalanta Stakes.

However, the most notable victory amongst Buick’s 24 would have to be his triumph with Ghaiyyath in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse on the opening day of the Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival on Wednesday 19^th August.