Girls with Guts

Hayley Turner’s Century of Winners | Words and pictures by Sara Waterson, 2009 At a time of year when most racing fans are preoccupied with the big jumping stars’ chances at top Christmas and New Year meetings, the final week of 2008 was brought brilliantly alive on the all-weather by the climax of Hayley Turner’s

History Series: Women Jockeys Can women really make a career from race riding? | Words and pictures by Sara Waterson, 2009 It’s hard to believe given the current high profile of women jockeys how very recent is the acceptance now accorded them. Since the Lady Jockeys’ Association was formed in 1972 to press for reform,

History Series: Women Jockeys How women won the right to race | Words and pictures by Sara Waterson, 2009 The recent media focus on Hayley Turner has turned the spotlight on lady jockeys, and what her growing success and public profile might mean for other women race riders, or those hoping to enter the profession. Even a

History Series: Women Jockeys 2009: The ones to watch… | Words and pictures by Sara Waterson With the founding of the two Racing Colleges, even kids with no background in horses can now contemplate a race-riding career. Hayley Turner’s recent exploits have been documented elsewhere by Eclipse; but we’ve spoken to a few of the other

History Series: Women Jockeys Though the sport of racing stretches back through the centuries, women were only allowed to start stepping onto the centre stage less than 100 years ago and women jockeys first began to triumph in Britain only as recently as the 1970s, writes Sara Waterson. When the late Meriel Tufnell became the

Our North America blogger Alex Brown meets one of his racing idols: Canadian jockey Chantal Sutherland Chantal Sutherland is glamorous. She is gorgeous. But don’t let that fool you. Chantal Sutherland is a terrific jockey who strives to learn and improve. On Tuesday I had the pleasure of sitting down and having lunch with Chantal.