No Place for a Girl
How One Female Jockey Broke into an Exclusive Men's Club
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2021
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9506-1 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9506-1 (ISBN)
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Karen Wiltshire reveals what it was like to be the first female jockey at a time when horse racing was very much a male-only environment
There was a time when women jockeys were not welcome in the world of professional race-riding. But then one dauntless rider confronted prejudice and bullying, and refused to accept she had no place in what was once deemed a male-only environment. She would become the first British female professional jockey, taking on such illustrious names as Pat Eddery, Steve Cauthen and Walter Swinburn, and the first to win a race against men. Her ambition and courage led the way for others to follow - including the likes of Hayley Turner, the first woman to ride 100 Flat winners in a season, and Bryony Frost, the first female jump jockey to ride a Grade 1 winner at Cheltenham. No Place for a Girl chronicles four tumultuous years in the life of a woman who rode roughshod over prevailing attitudes and became the first woman to reach a significant staging post in the quest for equality. Her name is Karen Wiltshire, and this is her story.
There was a time when women jockeys were not welcome in the world of professional race-riding. But then one dauntless rider confronted prejudice and bullying, and refused to accept she had no place in what was once deemed a male-only environment. She would become the first British female professional jockey, taking on such illustrious names as Pat Eddery, Steve Cauthen and Walter Swinburn, and the first to win a race against men. Her ambition and courage led the way for others to follow - including the likes of Hayley Turner, the first woman to ride 100 Flat winners in a season, and Bryony Frost, the first female jump jockey to ride a Grade 1 winner at Cheltenham. No Place for a Girl chronicles four tumultuous years in the life of a woman who rode roughshod over prevailing attitudes and became the first woman to reach a significant staging post in the quest for equality. Her name is Karen Wiltshire, and this is her story.
Nick Townsend is a former racing writer and sports feature writer for the Daily Mail and the former chief sports writer for the Independent on Sunday. He is the author of The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History (Penguin Random House, 2015).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2021 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Nick Townsend |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 Plates, color; 20 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-9506-8 / 0750995068 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-9506-1 / 9780750995061 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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