Jenine Sahadi -- Against the Odds  Jenine Sahadi -- Against the
Odds  After I won back-to-back Breeders' Cup Sprints, virtually
nothing happened with my career. In fact, it went so quiet, it
was a complete lull. I mean, I didn't have any horses of real
consequence.  There's no way that we can rationalize why it
happens, because we (women) think we do a good job. We try to do
right by the horses. Women do have to work harder. We are always
going to be a little bit more controversial. In my case, for the
most part, it's always been a first: first Breeders' Cup, first
Santa Anita Derby. If you're a woman and competing with men at
any sort of level, it's always going to be a first. It's always
going to be semi-historical because there isn't any history with
women.  There's probably four female trainers here in southern
California compared to about 500 men. The numbers would be the
same nationwide. It is so much b.s. We talked about this at that
University of Arizona symposium (in December 2000). The numbers
are c