Lady Legends race today.. Bios
 

Lady Legends race -- Facts about the eight women riders
By Mike Klingaman, The Baltimore Sun

Patricia Cooksey – age 52 . . . third all-time leading female jockey with 2,137 victories and nearly $20 million earnings . . . rode in both Kentucky Derby (1984, 11th) and Preakness (1985, 6th) . . . ended 25-year career in 2004 . . . director of public relations for Kentucky Racing Commission.

Gwen Jocson – age 43 . . . youngest rider in Lady Legends Race . . . her 376 victories in 1991 is one-year record for women riders . . . 10-year career ended in 1999 . . . studying to be a physician's assistant in Bensalem, Pa.

Andrea Seefeldt Knight – age 46 . . . One of two women to ride in both Kentucky Derby (1991, 16th) and Preakness (1994, 7th) . . . graduate of South River High . . . rode from 1981 to 1994 . . .Owns and operates 70-acre horse farm in Sparks.

Barbara Jo Rubin – age 60 . . . first woman to win at a recognized track (Charles Town) in 1969 . . . also the first at Pimlico and Aqueduct . . . competed one year, retired . . . oldest rider in Lady Legends Race . . . teaches dressage in Troy, Ill.

Jennifer Rowland Small – age 57 . . . attended Franklin High, lives in Upperco . . . a pioneer in state racing, won 192 races between 1971 and 1977 . . . one of first women to win a stakes race in Maryland . . . now a financial planner.

Mary Russ Tortora – age 56 . . .first woman to win a Grade 1 stakes race (Hialeah, 1982) and the first to earn $1 million in a year . . . raced 1980 to 1986, and 1993 to 1994 . . .owns horse training farm and works in a deli in Ocala, Fla.

Mary Wiley Wagner – age 46 . . . Fifth-leading apprentice jockey in U.S. in 1987 . . . graduate of Annapolis High . . . raced professionally for 10 years and won 275 races . . . lives in Stevensville (Kent County) and works as a realtor.

Cheryl White – age 56 . . . first African American female jockey to race, also to win (Waterford Park, W. Va., 1971) . . .won 257 races before retiring in 1999 . . . now a state racing official living in Pleasanton, California.

"Mary Wiley Wagner – age 46 . . . Fifth-leading apprentice jockey in U.S. in 1987 . . . graduate of Annapolis High . . . raced professionally for 10 years and won 275 races . . . lives in Stevensville (Kent County) and works as a realtor."


Clearly a legend.

No Paula in here? I'm not betting.

:tro:

Obviously we need more female jockeys.

Chantal will be in this soon.

Is Boone's Farm gonna sponsor the vapid lush?

Simon or Bacon?

How can you afford to own a horse training farm if you work in a deli?

Simon obviously.

Obviously.

Maybe she works at a deli for fun or she's bored?

50 and 60 year old women racing thoroughbreds, man I like the gimmicks as much as the next person, loved the male legends race a while back, but this has disaster written all over it. I just hope they all come back in one piece.

Still better than the WNBA

Who's bright idea was either of these ideas???

I wonder what the criteria was for who they picked to ride in this race?
if when asked you said yes
you get to ride?


most of them were way before my time
Patricia Cooksey is the only one I am familiar with

They need to have a Nerdy Trail Legends race.

if they have it at the Grand Canyon