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4 unusual facts about Hayley Turner


Hayley Turner

Most significantly in 2012, Hayley won the Beverly D. Stakes in America, becoming the first UK-based girl to ride an international Group 1 winner.

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In July 2011 Hayley rode her first Group 1 winner, Dream Ahead in the July Cup at Newmarket, and repeated the trick the following month winning the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on Margot Did during York racecourse's Ebor Meeting.

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Hayley is also one of few top class sportsmen or women, who admit to suffering from Coeliac Disease.

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The 2010 Flat racing year continued to be successful for Hayley; highlights included a first Group 1 ride on Barshiba in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, and winning the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks on the same horse at Haydock a month earlier; and a successful partnership with classy two year old Margot Did, which included two winners and second places in two Group 3s and a Group 2.



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