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Women currently occupy a wide variety of extremely significant
roles in Thoroughbred racing. Their presence and influence are
apparent in every aspect of the sport, which is remarkable when one
recalls that hardly more than a generation ago racing was still--as
it had been for centuries--almost completely dominated by men.
Where did these women come from? What prompted them to penetrate
this male bastion and seek such vocations as jockey, trainer,
owner-breeder, television commentator, veterinarian, photographer,
track official, clocker, chart caller, pari-mutuel clerk, and
groom? In Women in Racing, John and Julia McEvoy provided the
answers by interviewing eighteen women whose backgrounds ranged all
over the socio-economic spectrum, from the landed gentry to former
migrant worker, with a rich layer of twenty-first century Americana
in between. Donna Barton Brothers, Barbara D. Livingston, Zoe
Cadman, and others tell their stories and affirm that they were
driven by a shared passion: a love of horses and Thoroughbred
racing. This updated edition includes an interview with
horse-racing pioneer Diane Crump, the first woman to ride in the
Kentucky Derby.
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