Jockeys: Michelle Payne and Jadey Pietrasiewicz
"I was seriously thinking that I can't go on if I am scared." Jockeys from Australia and Netherlands reveal the inner strength you need to ride in the world's biggest races.
Michelle Payne is the first ever female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup颅 and is the youngest of ten children of Paddy and Mary Payne who grew up in central Victoria, Australia. Mary died in a motor vehicle accident when Michelle was only six months old, leaving Paddy to raise the children as a single father. Michelle entered racing aged 15, the eighth of the Payne children to do so. She won in her first race at Ballarat, riding 'Reigning' a horse trained by her father. Michelle鈥檚 book 鈥淟ife as I know it鈥� is published by Melbourne University Press.
Jadey Pietrasiewicz grew up in a small town in The Netherlands and started horse racing by accident at 14. Jadey started off as an amateur and turned professional in 2013. She won the HH Sheikha Fatima Ladies World Championship in Abu Dhabi in November 2014 and has ridden worldwide on both Thoroughbreds and Arabians (100+ wins). She is currently riding in Australia, based with Ellerton Zahra Racing.
(L) Michelle Payne. Credit: Racing Victoria.
(R) Jadey Pietrasiewicz. Credit: Wouter Tijtgat.
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