English star Tom Marquand has revealed his spouse, gun jockey Hollie Doyle, might be a part of him on his subsequent Australian campaign as he prepares to chase a tremendous third Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes in simply 4 years at Royal Randwick this Saturday.
Marquand, affectionately identified by punters as “Aussie Tom”, has been a revelation lately when making annual journeys to Australia to snare a share of Sydney’s profitable autumn carnival loot.
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He gained consecutive Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Addeybb and can mix with English coach William Haggas once more on day two of The Championships aboard abroad raider Dubai Honour.
Simply as Marquand has made an enormous identify for himself on a world scale, Doyle has accomplished likewise world wide with each driving efficiently in Japan final 12 months.
A date with Australia and subsequent 12 months’s The Championships is now firmly on the agenda.
“I’m fairly positive she is bought on the entire thought,” Marquand stated.
“Hopefully she is going to come down subsequent 12 months and be capable to make it work.
“She has clearly spent among the (English) winter in Japan with me and when you stand up to persistently driving in these excessive degree stakes races, travelling comes into it.
“You wish to chase the calendar.”
Marquand has no plans to maneuver to Australia full-time however hopes to proceed making annual journeys to the carnival whereas he can.
He has develop into a daily rider on worldwide levels world wide however his relationship with Australian racing started earlier than his affiliation with Addeybb after having stints in Sydney and Melbourne.
Nevertheless it was by Addeybb that Marquand raised his recreation to a different degree, profitable each the Ranvet and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2020 earlier than claiming the latter for a second time in his fourth and closing duel with Verry Elleegant.
“The primary 12 months was nice whereas it was throughout Covid and I got here down right here and received my first couple of Group 1 winners, it was wonderful however I feel it was the second 12 months that was a game-changer,” Marquand stated.
“It was a tactical race. All of us knew he needed to match Verry Elleegant and it’ll all the time be a kind of rides that I might be pleased with pulling it off to a level.
“He’s a particular horse and it was a big day all collectively.”
Marquand might be making an attempt to decrease the colors of one other Australian celebrity when he takes on the James Cummings-trained Anamoe within the Queen Elizabeth.
Dubai Honour ($2.50) is a slender TAB favorite from Anamoe ($2.60) after the English raider introduced himself to Australian racing with a dominant victory within the Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill Gardens final month.
“You might be working into Anamoe, that has accomplished it 9 occasions (at Group 1 degree) and a robust subject but when Dubai Honour can match his efficiency within the Ranvet to an identical degree, he’s going to make it an actual race,” Marquand stated.
“He seems to be nice, he’s thriving and is nearly as good as he might be.
“He has accomplished what all horses that come out right here and do nicely do, he seems to be like a greater horse for being out right here bodily.”
Marquand will journey one other two internationals in Group 1s on the cardboard with Haggas’ filly Purplepay ($34) within the Sydney Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) and the Joseph O’Brien-trained Baron Samedi ($12) within the Schweppes Sydney Cup (3200m).
His different Group 1 journey comes aboard the John O’Shea-trained Premise ($23) in The Star Australian Oaks (2400m) whereas he hyperlinks up with Excellent Thought (South Pacific Traditional), Zou Tiger (Arrowfield Dash) and Jai Lei (Sapphire Stakes).
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