Women Jockeys Keep Up with the Men

It was the first of ten races at Pimlico Race Course recently, and 22 year-old Stephanie Korger and her horse took the lead early on, crossing the finish line first.
"She actually worked really good today. She did everything that I asked her to and very cooperative for the win," Korger said of the horse she rode.
Korger's horse was trained by Dane Kobiskie. "Stephanie, as a rider, to me is just a very smooth rider," Kobiske said.
Korger says there’s nothing she’d rather do than be a jockey. "It is an absolute exhilarating rush.  I mean there’s no feeling like it.  When those gates open, I mean there’s nothing else in the world that you can compare with," she said.
She's the top apprentice rider at Pimlico, where the prestigious Preakness race is held three weeks after the Kentucky Derby.  When her year- long apprenticeship is finished, she will become a professional rider or journeyman.
A man named Walt comes regularly to the track to bet on the horses. He says the women jockeys keep up with the men.  "Women riders have a different touch, generally, than male riders, in my opinion in that they tend to be more patient," Walt said.  Women Jockeys Keep Up with the Men