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Author Peach, Roger, 1950- author.

Title Jockey Queen : Lillian Jenkinson Holder, horse racing's fearless lady / Roger Peach.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]

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Description xvi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
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 1969 -- Ruins -- Jockey.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note Quick Clicks.
Subject Holder, Lillian Jenkinson, 1909-1992.
Women jockeys -- United States -- Biography.
Other Form: Online version:
Peach, Roger, 1950- Jockey Queen Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024] 9781538181584 (DLC) 2023028342
ISBN 9781538181577 34.00
1538181576 34.00
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