HOLLIE DOYLE admits her ‘huge mistake’ could rule her out of her key ride aboard Bradsell in the Breeders’ Cup.
The superstar jockey picked up a seven-day careless riding ban while aboard Rose Light at Kempton on Monday night.
Doyle will hope her appeal against a ban is successful and she can ride Bradsell in the Breeders’ CupPA
Doyle was earlier this month given a suspended one-month ban after testing positive for a banned substance.
If the careless riding ban is upheld then it means she will miss the world championships of racing at Santa Anita on November 3/4.
But she intends to appeal the ruling – praying that leaves the door open to riding Archie Watson’s star sprinter in the States.
Doyle told the Racing Post: “I’m going to try to appeal next Thursday with the representation of Rory Mac Neice.
“I made a huge mistake and I know that. Visually it didn’t look great but what I did was minimal.”
If the ban sticks then it will run from October 30 to December 6 – the day before Doyle rides Future History in the Melbourne Cup.
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Victory in the ‘race that stops a nation’ would just about make up for missing the Breeders’ Cup.
Although it’s on Bradsell that record-breaking Doyle has had so much success.
She has been in the saddle for seven of the three-year-old colt’s eight career rides.
They had Group 2 success in the Coventry at Royal Ascot in 2022 and backed it up this year with a win in the Group 1 King’s Stand.
Together the dream duo have won connections over £500,000.
Bradsell is currently a best-price 8-1 chance for the Turf Sprint, in a field headed by British and Irish raiders.
Highfield Princess is the 4-1 fav, while Adam West’s front-running Live In The Dream is 13-2.
Recent Group 2 Newmarket winner Matilda Picotte is 7-1, with Bradsell just ahead of Aidan O’Brien’s Aesop’s Fables and Ralph Beckett’s Kinross at 10s.
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