I’ll breeze a horse that I’m riding in a race the following week. The trainers want you to get a feel for how the horse is moving. They’ll ask you to go a half-mile in a certain amount of time.

“The first woman who was licensed in Kentucky was on the card to ride in the 1968 fall meet at Churchill Downs and she was boycotted by every single jockey in the race so the race couldn’t go on,” ...

In 2003, she became the first woman to win a Breeders’ Cup race, riding Halfbridled to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. She retired from the sport in 2004. At the end of her exceptional ...

Horse racing is traditionally a man's sport. But more women are getting involved in the industry, including Martina Rojas. The 19-year-old from Grantville, Pennsylvania, got her jockey's license ...