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 1 
Michelle Payne
(Jockey)
Michelle Payne
6
Birthdate: September 29, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballarat, Australia
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 2 
Clare Balding
(Television presenter, Journalist, Autobiographer)
Clare Balding
6
Birthdate: January 29, 1971
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kingsclere, England
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 3 
Rachael Blackmore
(Jockey)
Rachael Blackmore
4
Birthdate: July 11, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Killenaule, Ireland

Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore scripted history as the first female winner of Britain’s Grand National horse race. Born to a dairy farmer, she was raised on a farm and spent her childhood riding ponies. She turned a professional jockey in 2015. She was also the first female leading jockey at Cheltenham.

 4 
Katie Walsh
(Jockey)
Katie Walsh
3
Birthdate: December 18, 1984
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kildare, Ireland
 5 
Robyn Smith
(First Female Jockey to Win a Stakes Race in 1973)
Robyn Smith
2
Birthdate: August 14, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 6 
Julie Krone
(American Retired Jockey)
Julie Krone
3
Birthdate: July 24, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
 7 
Nina Carberry
(Jockey)
Nina Carberry
3
Birthdate: July 21, 1984
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland
 8 
Hollie Doyle
(British Jockey Who Competes in Flat Racing)
Hollie Doyle
2
Birthdate: October 11, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Unknown
 9 
Hayley Turner
(English Jockey)
Hayley Turner
2
Birthdate: January 3, 1983
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
 10 
Bryony Frost
(English National Hunt Jockey)
Bryony Frost
2
Birthdate: April 13, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckfastleigh, Devon, England
 11 
Rosie Napravnik
(Former American Thoroughbred Horse Racing Jockey)
Rosie Napravnik
2
Birthdate: February 9, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mendham Borough, New Jersey, United States
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 12 
Chantal Sutherland
(Jockey)
Chantal Sutherland
2
Birthdate: February 23, 1976
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 13 
Venetia Williams
(English Racehorse Trainer)
Venetia Williams
2
Birthdate: May 10, 1960
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Scorrier, United Kingdom
 14 
Lizzie Kelly
(British Retired Jockey)
Lizzie Kelly
2
Birthdate: April 24, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United Kingdom
 15 
Donna Barton Brothers
(Former Jockey Who Won Over 1,100 Horse Races)
Donna Barton Brothers
2
Birthdate: April 20, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
 16 
Cheryl White
(First Woman to Serve as a California Horse Racing Steward)
Cheryl White
2
Birthdate: October 29, 1953
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: September 20, 2019
 17 
Josephine Gordon
(British Jockey)
Josephine Gordon
2
Birthdate: May 16, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Devon, England
 18 
Mary Bacon
(American Jockey and Model)
Mary Bacon
2
Birthdate: January 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: June 8, 1991
 19 
Emma-Jayne Wilson
(Canadian Jockey)
Emma-Jayne Wilson
2
Birthdate: September 1, 1981
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brampton, Canada
 20 
Kirsty Milczarek
(British Professional Jockey)
Kirsty Milczarek
2
Birthplace: Finchingfield, England
 21 
Kayla Stra
(Jockey Who Appeared on the Reality Television Show 'Jockeys on Animal Planet')
Kayla Stra
2
Birthdate: December 3, 1984
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia
 22 
Rosemary Homeister Jr.
(American Retired Jockey)
Rosemary Homeister Jr.
2
Birthdate: July 5, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hollywood, Florida United States
 23 
Charlotte Brew
(British Jockey)
Charlotte Brew
2
Birthplace: Unknown
 24 
Anna Lee Aldred
(Jockey)
Anna Lee Aldred
2
Birthdate: April 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montrose, Colorado, United States
Died: June 12, 2006
 25 
Lisa Allpress
(First Female Jockey in New Zealand to Reach 1000 Wins)
Lisa Allpress
2
Birthdate: 1974 AD
Birthplace: New Zealand
 26 
Patricia Cooksey
(American Jockey)
Patricia Cooksey
2
Birthdate: February 25, 1958
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio United States
 27 
Caroline Beasley
(Irish Jockey)
Caroline Beasley
2
Birthplace: Irish
 28 
Francine Villeneuve
(Canadian Retired Thoroughbred Jockey)
Francine Villeneuve
2
Birthdate: July 22, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 29 
Meriel Tufnell
(British Jockey)
Meriel Tufnell
2
Birthdate: December 12, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Winchester, United Kingdom
Died: October 12, 2002
 30 
Tammi Piermarini
(Jockey)
Tammi Piermarini
2
Birthdate: May 2, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
 31 
Eliza Carpenter
(Early African-American Horse Racer and Oklahoma Pioneer)
Eliza Carpenter
2
Birthdate: 1851 AD
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: December 16, 1924
 32 
Barbara Jo Rubin
(American Jockey)
Barbara Jo Rubin
2
Birthdate: November 21, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United States
 33 
Eva Ring
(Canadian Former Jockey and Race Horse Trainer)
Eva Ring
2
Birthdate: June 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada
Died: December 22, 1989
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)