Jockeys™

In horse racing, Black jockeys won more than half of the Kentucky Derby held from 1875 to 1903 — until Jim Crow eliminated the Black jockey.

"I'd like to see five to 10% extra prize money for trainers who use female jockeys in the Classics."

Wiltshire is now a fitness instructor at her own gym in Hampshire and says her grown-up daughter Lara is amazed and proud of her story - a career which saw her ride against great jockeys like Lester Piggott, Willie Carson, Pat Eddery and Walter Swinburn.

Much progress has been made in recent years - Hollie Doyle is among the leading Flat jockeys in Britain and Irish rider Rachael Blackmore became the first female rider to win jump racing's Grand National.

Jockeys were listed by initials - L Piggott, for example - and racegoers and fellow riders might not be aware a woman was riding until she actually turned up.