[PappaJerry]

There have been a few female jockeys in racing since the '50s I believe. The first two or three had to overcome incredible discrimination, both from the other jockeys and from the owners. Owners' discrimination made it hard to get mounts. But I suspect the real reason is that controlling a race horse running at full speed requires incredible upper body strength. And few women the size of jockeys (110 pounds or so) have that.

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Name : PappaJerry, Gender : M, City : Tampa, State : FL Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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