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Throughout horse racing history, women have been instrumental in contributing to the progression and advancement of the sport. Although horse racing remains a largely male-dominated world, women continue to break down barriers as jockeys, trainers, owners, breeders, and farm managers.

This International Women’s Day, we want to celebrate a few of the women that have made a lasting impact and paved the way for women in the sport today.

The letters meant so much to Penny Chenery, breeder and owner of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat. They were written by ambitious girls from coast to coast, telling her she served as a role model for them.

Charlsie Cantey never sought to break ground as the first female racing broadcaster. She never fancied herself as the pioneering type. It just sort of happened.

Cantey was among a handful of women exercising horses in 1975 when Frank Tours, then with the New York Racing Association, asked if she might be interested in appearing regularly on a television show that featured local racing on WOR. The more he asked, the more vehemently she rejected the notion.

Four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas, announced Feb. 23 as the first-ever winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Kentucky Derby Museum, spoke with BloodHorse news editor Byron King about the honor and his support of the museum, where his memorabilia has been on display since 2017.

Last year marked 50 years since Secretariat powered through the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, in performances reminiscent of another Big Red,

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