Jockey returns after suffering multiple fractures when horse fell on him

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June 29 2022 - 5:00pm
BACK: Jockey Tommy Doyle wins on Rising Light earlier this season. He returns to Spreyton on Sunday for the first time since a serious injury.
BACK: Jockey Tommy Doyle wins on Rising Light earlier this season. He returns to Spreyton on Sunday for the first time since a serious injury.
Apprentice Erica Byrne Burke is only seven wins off the lead in the jockeys' premiership.
Apprentice Erica Byrne Burke is only seven wins off the lead in the jockeys' premiership.
Wynburn Ruby turned the Tasmanian Oaks final into a one-dog race, scoring by 10 lengths.
Wynburn Ruby turned the Tasmanian Oaks final into a one-dog race, scoring by 10 lengths.

Devonport-based jockey Tommy Doyle will be hoping a return to his home track on Sunday brings him an overdue change of luck.

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Greg Mansfield

Sports journalist

Racing writer at The Examiner since 1978

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