Jockey Queen : Lillian Jenkinson Holder, horse racing's fearless lady
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
798.40092/PEACH,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781538181577, 1538181576 :, 1538181576, 9781538181577
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Jockey Queen tells for the first time the legendary exploits of trailblazing female jockey Lillian Jenkinson Holder, who broke the unwritten rule that females could not be jockeys, no matter how low or high level the event"--
CONTENTS
Chronology --
Ride a dead horse --
Queen finds her throne --
Birth of a reputation --
Bullring --
Loup view stock farm --
Lady Lillian --
Keen boy --
Milk Duds --
All for one, one for all --
Looking behind the Oz curtain --
Alpha women co-op --
Savior Beans --
Jay Yarberry --
Just Beans' last race --
Death's trifecta --
Chick catches Lillian's eye --
Handled with care --
Reluctant mentor --
May --
Ruins --
Jockey