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Sep 5, 2024 · Women in Racing through time. September 5, 2024 | WiR Features. Here we chart the progress of women in racing over time. You can find out more at our AGM in October 2024 – click here for details. Please do let us know if we have missed anything by emailing info@womeninracing.co.uk. Event.
Hayley Turner OBE (born 3 January 1983) is an English jockey who competes in flat racing. Originally from Nottingham, she is based in Newmarket. In 2008 Turner became the first woman to ride 100 UK flat race winners during a calendar year. She went on to win eight Group races, including two Group 1 races and a Grade 1 race.
Read about first professional female jockey to win on the Flat - Karen Wiltshire, and her culture shock moving from an all girls’ convent to a racing yard.
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- Meriel Tufnell: Scorched Earth. 1972 Kempton: Goya Stakes. Meriel Tufnell became the first female rider to partner a winner in Britain under the rules of racing.
- Gay Kelleway: Sprowston Boy. 1987 Royal Ascot: Queen Alexandra Stakes. Now a successful trainer, Gay Kelleway first made headlines when partnering Sprowston Boy to glory in the Queen Alexandra Stakes in 1987.
- Nina Carberry: Leading Run. 2006 Punchestown festival: Champion Bumper (Grade 1) Nina Carberry became the first female jumps jockey to win at the highest level in Britain or Ireland when partnering the 4-1 favourite Leading Run to victory in the Champion Bumper at the Punchestown festival for trainer Noel Meade.
- Hayley Turner: Dream Ahead. 2011 Newmarket: July Cup (Group 1) Hayley Turner was shopping in Superdrug on the Thursday when she got the call up to replace William Buick on Dream Ahead in the 2011 July Cup.
Sep 3, 2024 · Hollie Doyle became the second British female Flat jockey to ride 1,000 winners worldwide when Leyhaimur, her second winner on the afternoon, took her to the landmark number at Goodwood...
Jul 11, 2022 · Hollie Doyle became the first Flat jockey to reach 100 winners in Britain in 2022 when steering Society Lion to success in the 6f handicap at Wolverhampton on Monday evening. The Ed Dunlop-trained five-year-old had not won since August 2020 but the front-running tactics adopted by the Doyle paid off and helped the rider reach a century of ...
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Nov 22, 2023 · Alex Greaves was a trailblazer for women jockeys on the Flat. She was first female apprentice to ride out her claim, the first woman to partner a Group One winner, and the first to ride in the Epsom Derby. Women were not allowed to race-ride professionally on the Flat until 1975.
