Doyle makes history in French Classic thriller

HOLLIE DOYLE again broke new ground when she became the first British female jockey to win a Classic by riding Nashwa to a thrilling victory in the French Oaks at Chantilly yesterday.

- Andy MacMorrin

Doyle, 25, had become the first woman to be placed in a British Classic when she came third on the John and Thady Gosden-trained filly in the Oaks at Epsom earlier in the month.

And just 16 days later she powered the 7-4 favourite home to hold off La Parisienne by a short neck in the French equivalent – the Prix de Diane.

“I was pretty confident after Epsom, but I feel so privileged,” she said.