By NBC New York Mike Smith will ride Justify for a shot at the Triple Crown in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. He’ll compete against nine other horse/jockey combinations — and all nine other jockeys will be men. In fact, over...
Read MoreBy Woodbine Press Release TORONTO, May 28, 2018 – Emma-Jayne Wilson, who continues to make her mark on the racetrack and in the community, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. The 36-year-old...
Read MoreBy Fiona Sewell (ABC News Australia) The headstone in the Herberton cemetery in far north Queensland simply reads “In loving memory of Wilhemena ‘Bill’ Smith, Australia’s first licensed female...
Read Moreby Paulick Report Staff A Maryland teenager was captured on video Sunday helping to rescue a horse that broke loose and was running next to traffic on a busy road. When the horse bolted from a barn at a riding competition at De...
Read MoreKeeneland Press Release Aubrie Green beamed as she walked down the tunnel to return to the Jockeys Quarters yesterday after her first Keeneland victory aboard trainer Jose Sanchez’s Mansoor in the first race. “Oh, my gosh – I’m...
Read MoreBy Thoroughbred Daily News The second edition of Sweden’s Lady Jockeys’ Thoroughbred World Championship, held at Bro Park last year, are returning to that venue on Aug. 5, Svensk Galopp announced on Thursday. 2017 champion,...
Read MoreBy Eliya Finkelstein They are the young girls, desperately devoted to the posters of ponies on their walls, the Breyer horses lined on their shelves, the polished boots placed carefully on their pedestal in the corners of their...
Read MoreBy Bob Ehalt There are a few female jockeys who will always be associated with their historic “firsts.” Diane Crump was the first female jockey to ride in a sanctioned race and the first woman to ride in the...
Read MoreBy Daniel Ross It’s one the biggest challenges – if not the biggest – facing racing in the United States today: compensation for injured backstretch workers. Insuring they are provided for properly is an absolute...
Read MoreBy Daniel Ross In the first part of this major report on one of the most serious issues facing horse racing in America today, Daniel Ross introduced Shelly Stone, a former exercise rider who, nearly seven years ago, was left...
Read MoreBy Daniel Ross This is the third part of a special report on one of the biggest challenges facing horse racing in the United States – workers’ compensation. In parts one and two, Daniel Ross told the story of Shelly Stone,...
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By Bloodhorse (A story from the British Horseracing Authority) The performance of female jockeys...
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