Past winners Gai Waterhouse and Sheila Laxon headline a list of six female trainers involved this year, with Just Fine and winner Knight's Choice respectively. They are joined by Annabel Neasham ...

Karen Wiltshire was the first professional female jockey to ride a winner in British Flat racing "I felt stinging pain, it was a hard whack." Karen Wiltshire had just been hit on the bottom with a ...

Almost a decade after Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, a record four female riders are in the field seeking to emulate her feat.

MELBOURNE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Nine years after trailblazer Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, a record contingent of four female jockeys will attempt to become ...

Karen Wiltshire was assaulted and ridiculed but went on to become the first professional female jockey to ride a winner in British Flat racing.