• ‘In 10 years’ time the girls will be having winners more often’
“It was only a matter of time,” said Hayley Turner as she rode back in, triumphant at Royal Ascot for the first time in her long career and, astonishingly, the first female jockey to win here for 32 years. Only Gay Kelleway, all the way back in the summer of 1987, had done it before and precious few had since been given a real opportunity of emulating her.
It had to be Turner who finally killed off what had become one of the more notorious statistics in horse racing. Chipper and unpretentious despite a long list of achievements, she long ago established a talent for breaking new ground. The first woman to ride 100 winners in a year in British racing and the first to win a Group One race outright, she was also on the “Girls” team when they first won the Shergar Cup here, an event that has become her favourite day of the year.
Written by Chris Cook at Royal Ascot
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/21/hayley-turner-first-female-jockey-win-royal-ascot-since-1987 under the title “Hayley Turner becomes first female jockey to win at Royal Ascot since 1987”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
