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Tils Tilbury, Jen Paragallo, Kathy Barraclough and Kimmie Brooking
Women Who
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or most people who live in Saratoga or who visit during the Thoroughbred racing season, their experience of the racetrack is largely confined to strolling through the historic grounds, staking out a picnic table for a day of races, or enjoying seats in the clubhouse. For fans of Thoroughbred racing, the jockeys who don colorful silks and ride their mounts to glory on saratogaTODAYnewspaper.com
the oldest flat track in the country are household names. Velasquez, Cordero, Maple… and so many others are the face of the sport of Thoroughbred racing. What many people never see is the other side of the track – the backside – and the many women who ride those same winning horses day after day, caring for them and schooling them on how to be winners. This is the story of the women who “gallop.” JULY/AUGUST 2018 | SIMPLY SARATOGA | 41