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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.
In June 2022 she became the first female jockey to win a French Classic and the first female jockey to win a European Group 1 Classic when she rode Nashwa to victory in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly. In 2022, she came joint second in the Flat Jockeys' Championship, the highest result for a woman to date.
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.
Carberry is the leading all-time female jockey at the Cheltenham Festival, recording seven winners at Prestbury Park, four of which have come in the Cross Country Chase and all in the colours of JP McManus.
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The champion jockey of flat racing in Great Britain is the rider who has the most wins during a season. For most of its existence, the jockeys championship was decided on the number of winners ridden between Lincoln Handicap Day and November Handicap Day, the traditional flat turf season.
