First Female Jockey to win the melbourne cup - fairytale stuff
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:09 am
I love the Melbourne Cup, its the biggest religious holiday on the Australian calendar. Seriously. we take our cup that seriously.
And this year they had a record number of foreign raiders, horses from Europe and Japan, top horses
and the horse that won?
a locally trained horse, 101:1 shot, ridden by the only female jockey in the field
I'd seen her brother on the news the night before, Downs Sydrome young man, one of 10 children, strapper to his sister's horse. So many times we see people with a disability not given meaningful work, but this young man, he's a full time strapper to a busy racing stable, fit, dedicated, happily leading and exercising racehorses -
so not only was he leading the horse out, but the horse's connections had him do the draw - and he drew a winning starting place
no one expected this unlikely combination to win. all those foreign raiders, top horses
but now, the horse and his rider of 21 out of his 23 starts and she did it -
she bought home the cup.
in a sport that is very blokey and women jockey's are looked over for big races on the mistaken belief that a woman doesn't have what it takes to win, she proved them wrong.
Definitely one of my favourite Melbourne Cup Wins in years - just kicking myself that I didn't put a dollar down on this horse
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-03/m ... in/6908594
And this year they had a record number of foreign raiders, horses from Europe and Japan, top horses
and the horse that won?
a locally trained horse, 101:1 shot, ridden by the only female jockey in the field
I'd seen her brother on the news the night before, Downs Sydrome young man, one of 10 children, strapper to his sister's horse. So many times we see people with a disability not given meaningful work, but this young man, he's a full time strapper to a busy racing stable, fit, dedicated, happily leading and exercising racehorses -
so not only was he leading the horse out, but the horse's connections had him do the draw - and he drew a winning starting place
no one expected this unlikely combination to win. all those foreign raiders, top horses
but now, the horse and his rider of 21 out of his 23 starts and she did it -
she bought home the cup.
in a sport that is very blokey and women jockey's are looked over for big races on the mistaken belief that a woman doesn't have what it takes to win, she proved them wrong.
Definitely one of my favourite Melbourne Cup Wins in years - just kicking myself that I didn't put a dollar down on this horse
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-03/m ... in/6908594