Mates Lyndon making history
NZPA staff correspondent i Sydney New Zealand jockey, Maree Lyndon will make another piece of Australian racing history on Saturday, when she becomes the first woman to ride in the Golden Slipper. Lyndon, aged 23, who moved from Palmerston North In February to become former New Zealand trainer Brian Smith’s No. I stable Jockey, will ride Celebrity Lover. The fact that the filly is an outsider — 14th in the prizemoney qualifying order — does not deter Lyndon. “Fd walk over hot coals barefoot to ride her,” she said. Lyndon has ridden 11 winners in the last eight weeks on Australian city tracks and last week became the first female jockey to boot home a winning treble at a major meeting in Australia. Another trail-blazing ride for women will come next November when she is booked to ride Twelve Gauge in the Melbourne Cup.
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