Buick and Doyle join Godolphin William Buick and James Doyle are to leave high-profile jobs with John Gosden and Khalid Abdullah respectively to ride as joint-number one jockeys to Godolphin from 2015. In a move announced on the Godolphin website, Buick will ride as first jockey to Charlie Appleby and Doyle will be retained as first choice for Saeed bin Suroor. Godolphin said the new contracts will not come into effect until both jockeys have fulfilled their current riding arrangements, completing all contractual obligations to their present employers. The jockeys will interlink with each yard and form crossover cover when commitments allow. They will ride Godolphin horses in the UK trained by John Gosden and other trainers, too. Horses that have raced for Gosden in the colours of Princess Haya of Jordan will now be in the royal blue of Godolphin as an extension of the global branding of the organisation. Both jockeys will also ride horses for the organisation that are stabled in Ireland, France, America, Australia and Japan when required. Their first contractual role to Godolphin will be to ride for their respective yards throughout the Dubai Carnival in 2015. Mickael Barzalona will continue to ride for Godolphin in France, but Silvestre de Sousa's contract has not been renewed.
