It's been a momentous year for female jockeys -- and another milestone has fallen just days before the end of 2015.
On Saturday, Lizzie Kelly became the first woman rider to win a Grade One jumps race in Britain, triumphing aboard favorite Tea for Two in the Kauto Star Novices Chase at Kempton.
It followed the success of November's first female Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne, Irish Grand National victor Katie Walsh, and the all-women Shergar Cup-winning team of Hayley Turner, Sammy-Jo Bell and Emma-Jayne Wilson at Ascot in August.
The pioneering Turner, who retired in November, was the first to win a UK Grade One race outright in 2011.
She tweeted congratulations to the 22-year-old Kelly, calling her triumph "no steering job."
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Saturday, December 26, 2015
Lizzie Kelly makes horse racing history at Kempton
It's been a momentous year for female jockeys -- and another milestone has fallen just days before the end of 2015.
On Saturday, Lizzie Kelly became the first woman rider to win a Grade One jumps race in Britain, triumphing aboard favorite Tea for Two in the Kauto Star Novices Chase at Kempton.
It followed the success of November's first female Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne, Irish Grand National victor Katie Walsh, and the all-women Shergar Cup-winning team of Hayley Turner, Sammy-Jo Bell and Emma-Jayne Wilson at Ascot in August.
The pioneering Turner, who retired in November, was the first to win a UK Grade One race outright in 2011.
She tweeted congratulations to the 22-year-old Kelly, calling her triumph "no steering job."
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