Hollie Doyle has returned to Australia for a second probability at Melbourne Cup glory.
A name an hour earlier than Sea King received the Bendigo Cup landed UK rider Hollie Doyle her second experience within the Melbourne Cup.
Doyle jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning to companion the Harry Eustace-trained Sea King within the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday.
It is going to be Doyle’s second time using at Flemington, having ridden on Melbourne Cup Day final 12 months partnering Future Historical past in Australia’s best race.
“I had written off the concept of getting a experience this 12 months within the Cup,” Doyle stated.
“I had been attempting for just a few weeks, however nothing had come to a head, then an hour earlier than the Bendigo Cup, Harry despatched me a message saying ‘If this fella wins, do you fancy coming to experience him’.
“My reply was ‘Sure please’, so I stayed up fairly late to look at him run and win after which I couldn’t get to sleep.
“I don’t know the way a lot energy and depth there was to the race, however he seemed fairly dominant all through, travelled so sturdy and put the race to mattress fairly simply.”
Doyle is effectively conscious of how sturdy Sea King can journey in his races and is aware of attempting to get him to calm down from the barrier one.
“It’s an ideal draw for some, not for others,” Doyle stated.
“It’s one the place you need to maintain a place with out doing an excessive amount of, however then you definately may be trapped in on the fence and having to discover a means out.
“He seemed to journey fairly sturdy, and he was fairly a free going horse again in England, so I believe it’s vital we discover that stability of getting an excellent place with out lighting him up an excessive amount of.”
Doyle stated she had taken rather a lot on board from her rides on the Flemington assembly final 12 months.
It was additionally the primary time she had ridden in Australia.
“I used to be taken by the dynamics and the tempo of the races,” Doyle stated.
“I had just a few rides on the cardboard that day and the tempo is so completely different to locations like Japan and Hong Kong and wherever else I had ridden.
“It’s additionally nice to have that first Cup experience below my belt and I do know what to anticipate now.
“I’m attempting to construct up as a lot expertise as I can down right here, and, if not tomorrow, then at some point getting on an actual good experience and heighten my probabilities.”
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