Tom Marquand and Tote Unite to Help Horse Racing Ecosystem
Author:
Roy Brindley
The Tote has announced leading flat race jockey Tom Marquand has joined its growing team as a brand ambassador. The 25-year-old is considered one of the most talented jockeys of his generation.
2015 UK Champion Apprentice, when partnering 54 winners, Marquand is rapidly approaching 1,000 winners in the UK and abroad. He has enjoyed considerable success in Australia and Hong Kong and has garnered 10 Group 1 victories in four different countries.
Tom Marquand (aboard Dubai Honour) celebrates a third Queen Elizabeth Stakes success at Australia’s Royal Randwick Racecourse in April. ?GettyImages
Memorable results include the St. Leger on Galileo Chrome and three Queen Elizabeth Stakes victories in Australia on Addeybb (twice) and Dubai Honour. The rider finished joint second in the 2022 British Flat Jockeys Championship. His wife, Hollie Doyle, ended the season with an impressive 91 winners.
Tom Is Backing the Ecosystem
In his new ambassadorial role with the Tote, it is promised Tom will provide a unique insight into his life as a leading jockey who competes in the biggest races around the world. He will share his thoughts on his chances of rides across the summer – including those taking place on the UK and Ireland’s 18 World Pool days.
Announcing his appointment, Marquand said: “I am thrilled to be teaming up with the Tote team as an ambassador to provide an exclusive insight into life as a flat jockey. I loved watching the content that the Tote filmed with Danny Mullins, and I am excited to get going with the team as the flat season starts to take shape with the Derby and Royal Ascot just around the corner.”
The rider added: “Having ridden around the world, I am all too aware of how vital pool betting is to the sport’s financial ecosystem in the most successful racing nations. I look forward to supporting the Tote team and their work to grow the prominence of pool betting here in the UK which is an essential element to the future success of British racing.”
Great Britain and Ireland Will Host 18 World Pool Days in 2023:
- QIPCO 2000 Guineas Day – Newmarket Rowley Mile Racecourse, Saturday 6th May
- Al Shaqab Lockinge – Newbury Racecourse, Saturday, 20th May
- Derby Day – Epsom Downs Racecourse, Saturday 3rd June
- Royal Ascot – Ascot Racecourse, Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th June
- Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby – The Curragh, Saturday 2nd July
- QIPCO King George Diamond Day – Ascot Racecourse, Saturday 29th July
- Qatar Goodwood Festival – Goodwood Racecourse, Tuesday 1st to Thursday 3rd August
- Sky Bet Ebor Festival – York Racecourse, Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th August
- Longines Irish Champions Day – Leopardstown, Saturday 9th September
- QIPCO British Champions Day – Ascot Racecourse, Saturday 21st October
Big Pools Big Value Worldwide
In conjunction with the historic Hong Kong Jockey Club and racecourse partners, the Tote has promised to continue to showcase the exciting betting opportunities created by World Pool. The initiative has produced enormous pools on the world’s biggest races. In turn, these have provided excellent value to racing fans that bet with the Tote online, on racecourses, and via the the best online betting sites that work as Tote partners.
The Tote has been a core part of British horseracing since 1928 when it was established by Parliament – under Winston Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer – to give the public a safe way to bet and provide vital funding for the sport.
The company currently employs 200 people based in the Tote’s main office in Wigan and its satellite office in London. It is the pool partner of all 85 British and Irish racecourses and, according to the organization, is “backed by racehorse owners and breeders from around the world who believe a stronger UK and Irish host pool is an essential component in the successful future of the sport, as is the case in other successful racing jurisdictions.”
