Jockey Queen: Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing's Fearless Lady

Jockey Queen: Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing's Fearless Lady

Roger Peach
$34.00
Publication Date: February 20th, 2024
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
9781538181577
Pages:
204

Description

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.

About the Author

Roger Peach has worked as a newspaper reporter and feature writer for Times-Commoner (Salem, Illinois), magazine managing editor for Jersey Journal, publisher for Downstate Farmer, and public relations senior writer and account executive with St. Louis-based Drone and Mueller. A journalism graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, he is the author of Swamper Tales. Peach splits time between homes in Columbia, Illinois, and Las Vegas, Nevada.