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  2. Barbara Jo Rubin - Wikipedia

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    She won her case in 1968 and became one of the first women to be licensed in the United States, though an injury prevented her from racing at the time. [7] In late 1968, Penny Ann Early was the first woman to earn a mount as a licensed Thoroughbred jockey in the U.S., but when she entered three races at Churchill Downs in November, the male ...

  3. Mary Walker (rodeo) - Wikipedia

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    She also became the oldest woman, at 53, in rodeo to win a world championship in the barrel racing event at the National Finals Rodeo. She was later surpassed by Mary Burger in 2016 when Burger won at age 68. She lost her only child to a car accident in 2011. Two months later, Latte, her horse, fell on her during competition and severely ...

  4. Cheryl White (jockey) - Wikipedia

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    After passing the California Horse Racing Board's Steward Examination in 1991, White retired from riding in 1992 to become a racing official. She returned to the saddle for appearances in the Lady Legends for the Cure event held by Pimlico Race Course from 2010 to 2014. Her final ride was aboard Macho Spaces at Pimlico in 2014. [11]

  5. Julie Krone - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, she became the first (and as of June 8, 2024 only [2]) female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. In 2000, she became the first woman inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and in 2003 became the first female jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race.

  6. Mary Burger - Wikipedia

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    Mary Burger was born Mary Lichtle in Decatur, Indiana, on August 18, 1948.Burger is one of three girls and three boys born to the Lichtles. [1] She grew up riding horses. As a young girl, she was diagnosed with Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, a rare childhood hip disord

  7. Diane Crump - Wikipedia

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    Diane Crump (born May 18, 1948 in Milford, Connecticut) is an American jockey and horse trainer.Crump was the first woman to ride in a pari-mutuel race in the United States; her participation in the event was so contested that she required a full police escort through the crowds at the Hialeah Park Race Track. [3]

  8. Rachel Alexandra - Wikipedia

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    Rachel Alexandra (foaled January 29, 2006) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and the 2009 Horse of the Year.When she won the 2009 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, she became the first filly to win the race in 85 years (the last filly to win was Nellie Morse, in 1924).

  9. Ruffian (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Ruffian (April 17, 1972 – July 7, 1975) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won ten consecutive races, including the Acorn, Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks, then known as the American Triple Tiara.