TORONTO — Emma-Jayne Wilson may be a Canadian thoroughbred racing trailblazer and pioneer. But she had a very good mentor.
Long before Wilson established herself as Canada's top female jockey, she received a call from American Julie Krone, the first woman to win an American Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont Stakes.
"I've been called a trailblazer and I can appreciate that," Wilson said."But for the challenges and stigmas I've had to face versus what the women who came before me had to face is nothing, and every step is a step closer. In 2000, Krone became the first woman inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. Three years later she was the first female jockey to ride a Breeders' Cup winner among her record 3,704 career victories.
And the reasons for that passion are simple: The people who work in Woodbine's backstretch and the horses.
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