STATESIDE SOPHIE CALLS IT A DAY

TRAILBLAZING British jockey Sophie Doyle has retired from the saddle, 12 years after relocating to the US.

- by JON LEES

TRAILBLAZING British jockey Sophie Doyle has retired from the saddle, 12 years after relocating to the US.

Doyle, 38, daughter of former trainer Jacquie and older sister of top jockey James, was one of the leading female Flat jockeys in Britain before she took up a new challenge across the Atlantic.