Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

James Doyle

Equestrian Sports

James Doyle, born on 22 April 1988 in Cambridge, is an English flat racing jockey, the son of the former trainer Jacqueline Doyle and the younger brother of the jockey Sophie Doyle. He rode his first winner in June 2005 at Wolverhampton, and after a thin spell in 2009 and 2010 he became stable jockey to Roger Charlton in 2012, scoring his first Group 1 on Cityscape in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes. He was retained by Juddmonte in 2013 and 2014, winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Kingman, and then by Godolphin from 2015 to 2023. In 2022 he won the 2,000 Guineas on Coroebus and the 1,000 Guineas on Cachet. Since 2024 he has been first jockey to the Emir of Qatar's Wathnan Racing.

Facts
Birth Year
1988 1
Connections

Competed In

Source James Doyle (jockey) (Wikipedia)
Source James Doyle (jockey) (Wikipedia)

Plays

Horse Racing, Sports
Source James Doyle (jockey) (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source James Doyle (jockey) (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is an English flat racing jockey
Sources
1. James Doyle (jockey) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    James Doyle (born 22 April 1988)
  • Lead, nationality
    is an English flat racing jockey
  • Competed In: 2000 Guineas Stakes, Godolphin 2015-2023
    riding Coroebus, trained by Appleby, in the 2,000 Guineas
  • Competed In: 1000 Guineas Stakes, Godolphin 2015-2023
    winning the 1,000 Guineas on the George Boughey-trained Cachet
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.