Hollie Doyle claims her first Royal Ascot triumph on 33-1 shot Scarlet Dragon

Hollie Doyle showed why she can elevate female Flat jockeys to a whole new level with her first Royal Ascot winner on Alan King-trained 33-1 shot Scarlet Dragon in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes.

Doyle’s dramatic win made her only the third female jockey to ride a royal meeting winner and came 24 hours after Hayley Turner landed her second career royal meeting success on Onassis in the Sandringham Stakes — also at 33-1.

Last year Doyle, 23, set a female record of 116 Flat successes in a year and Scarlet Dragon’s victory was her 50th of a disrupted 2020 campaign. 

Hollie Doyle showed why she can elevate female Flat jockeys to a whole new level

She said: ‘This means a huge amount to me.

‘You try to picture in your head what it’s like to ride a winner here but it is very hard.’

It meant she has beaten partner and fellow jockey Tom Marquand to a win at the meeting but she did not expect an awkward journey home.

‘We’re in separate cars,’ she smiled.

Doyle’s dramatic win made her only the third female jockey to ride a royal meeting winner