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07:27 PM
Zenyatta's record, up against some really tough colts, is amazing! #zenyatta
08:00 PM
Rachel Alexandra, on the other hand, has raced against colts twice, and older male horses once. She placed first all three times, including becoming the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes in 85 years, and first ever female horse to win the Woodward Stakes. She didn't race in the Breeders' Cup because she doesn't race on synthetic turf. #zenyatta
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04:32 PM
Yay! Zenyatta! #zenyatta
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03:29 PM
That got me thinking: Why are there no female jockeys? Some kind of bullshit tradition? Or are there occasional female jockeys and I've just never heard of 'em? Any Jezzie racing fans care to fill me in? #zenyatta
03:33 PM
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There's a female jockey on this show, of course she and a male jockey are dating. So there's one out there. I'm curious how many others and why the sport is dominated by men. #zenyatta
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03:38 PM
@Kivrin: Because they faint when they win! #zenyatta
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03:44 PM
Also, I've been following the new UK pony racing sport for teenagers, and it seems that horse racing is the last bastion for boys. Girls have taken over the other horse sports at junior levels.
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04:19 PM
many women wind up becoming exercisers, who run the horses through their paces in the morning, and groom them and walk them.
this woman exerciser would have to be able to know the right people to get an owner/ trainer to let her ride their horse as a jockey. you see this more often at small local racetracks, there's usually a couple of women jockeys.
when you reach the bigtime such as the breeder's cup, you're talking megabucks and the trainers like to use the small group of jockeys they know and always use. the owners usually go with the trainer's recommendation. and there are only a few horses that make this grade every year, so the opportunity to be the female jockey on one of them is very limited.
i imagine there would be same crap from the male jockeys, as there would be in any other male-dominated sport, but the horses are all about the same size! #zenyatta
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03:27 PM
That is EXACTLY what it would look like if I drew it. Better even. That made me smile. #zenyatta
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04:21 PM
:) #zenyatta
08/05/09
That's all. Just a hearty "yay" for one of the best charities around. : )
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08/05/09
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With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings
When friends come to call
It's the hap- happiest season of all
There'll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There'll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of
Christmases long, long ago
It's the most wonderful time of the year
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