Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop did not set out to become the first black woman licensed to train racehorses in the United States. Horses were a part of her, and she wanted to make her living training them. Her perseverance not only made her a pioneer, but it also sparked a legacy that influenced generations of people who followed her into the game, ensuring that her name would live on long beyond her days on the racetrack.

For the Love of the Horse