Great Women in the Sport of Kings: America's Top Women Jockeys Tell Their Stories

by Scooter Toby Davidson

Book Overview

Although it has only been thirty years since the first female jockey rode onto the then male only turf of thoroughbred horse racing, they have since made their mark on the racetrack and in the winner's circle. Great Women in the Sport of Kings, the first book to consider the phenomenon of female jockeys, takes an indepth look at their lives.

Through the oral histories of ten top female jockeys, the authors offer intimate portraits of how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081560565X
• ISBN13: 9780815605652
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 9.3"