Tom Marquand joins Tote as Ambassador

Friday 26th May 2023

The Tote is delighted to announce leading flat jockey Tom Marquand has joined their growing team as ambassador.

Tom, 25, is one of the most talented jockeys of his generation. Tom has ridden nearly 1,000 winners in the UK and abroad, including considerable success in Australia and Hong Kong. His winners include 10 Group 1s in four different countries. Memorable victories include the St Leger at Doncaster on Galileo Chrome and three Queen Elizabeth Stakes victories in Australia on Addeybb (twice) and Dubai Honour. Tom finished joint-second in the 2022 British Flat Jockeys Championship with his wife Hollie Doyle on 91 winners.

In his ambassadorial role with the Tote team, Tom will be providing a unique insight into his life as a leading jockey who competes in the biggest races around the world. He will be sharing his thoughts on his chances of rides across the summer, which will include those taking place on the UK and Ireland’s 18 World Pool days.

In conjunction with the Hong Kong Jockey Club and racecourse partners, the Tote will continue to showcase the exciting betting opportunities created by World Pool with huge pools ensuring excellent value is on offer to racing fans betting with the Tote at tote.co.uk (tote.ie in Ireland), on racecourses and via bookmakers.

Tom said in response to becoming Tote Ambassador: “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. 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.”

Alex Frost, Chief Executive of the Tote, said: “We are excited to have Tom join the Tote team as our ambassador, alongside the brilliant Danny Mullins. Tom will provide racing fans with his thoughts on the rides he will have on the biggest race meetings of the summer. As we look to the future, growing the Tote and working with the Hong Kong Jockey Club and our partners to showcase the best of British and Irish racing via World Pool, it is fantastic to have someone as talented and engaging as Tom join our team.”

Tom joins the Tote stable alongside Danny Mullins who has been a Tote Ambassador since 2021 which has included two in-depth short films, called the “The Journey to Cheltenham”, which has so far been viewed nearly 50,000 times.

ENDS.

For further information, please contact:

Susannah Gill
Communications and Corporate Affairs Director
UK Tote Group
susannah.gill@uktotegroup.com
+44 (0)7751 870 929

Notes to editors

About UK TOTE GROUP

The UK Tote Group is the proud owner and steward of the Tote, the UK’s leading pool betting operator. 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 provide the public with a safe way to bet and vital funding for the sport.

The UK Tote Group is committed to fulfilling the Tote’s founding mission through revitalising the 95-year old British company to ensure it provides better value and an improved experience to customers, as well as increased funding for British horseracing. The UK Tote Group 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.

The Tote is the pool partner to all 85 British and Irish racecourses, and the UK Tote Group is proud to be able to work with them and all of its media rights and bookmaker partners to bring innovations and improvements to all of its customer channels, including those within its digital business, through the Tote website (tote.co.uk/tote.ie) and the Tote App.

The UK Tote Group is a founding member of the World Tote Association and will co-chair the organisation between 2022-24. The UK Tote Group is committed to working with international partners to grow pool betting in a sustainable manner, while showcasing the benefits of the sector to stakeholders, including customers, regulators, national governments, the racing industry and society as a whole.

The Tote employs 200 people who are based in the Tote’s main office in Wigan and its satellite office in London.

For more information please visit www.uktotegroup.com and www.tote.co.uk and follow us @UKToteGroup and @ToteRacing.

About World Pool

Great Britain and Ireland is hosting the following 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, Sunday 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

 *Two races from Newbury Racecourse will be World Pool events for the first time - the BetVictor London Cup and the G1. Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes.

The seven bet types available in World Pool are:

• Win (Single Leg bet) – Pick the winner of the race

• Place (Single Leg bet) – Pick a horse to be placed. Hong Kong place terms apply

• Exacta (Single Leg bet) – Pick the first two horses in the correct order 

• Trifecta (Single Leg bet) – Also known as the Tierce. Select the winner, the second, and the third horse in the correct order

• Quinella (Single Leg bet) – Select the first two finishers in either order

• Swinger (Single Leg bet) – Also known as the Quinella Place, pick two horses to finish first, second or third in any order

• Treble (Multi Leg bet) – Pick the first horse in the last three races 

Please visit https://worldpool.hkjc.com/ for full details about World Pool and follow @WorldPool on Twitter for all the latest news.