Riding for My Life
Julie Krone
 Julie Krone is the world's greatest ever female horse racing jockey. By age 25, Julie was the first woman ever to win a riding title at a major track, the first woman ever to win five races in one day at a New York track, and one of three jockeys ever to win six races on one card.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=415718571 In 1993, she became the first female winner of a Triple Crown race, riding 14-to-1 long-shot Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes—"showing the patience, intelligence and tactical savvy that have made her one of the nation's leading performers," wrote William Nack of Sports Illustrated.http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138678/index.htmhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDB113DF935A35755C0A965958260 The Boys Club follows Julie's struggles in her tomboy childhood in rural Michigan and her early-career drug use, her battles with fellow jockeys and the media and her climb up the jockey success ladder, the horrific 1993 racetrack accident that crushed her leg and chest, and her painful determination to make a comeback - all part of her hard-hitting fight to become a female jockey in the male-dominated world of horse racing.http://www.amazon.com/Riding-My-Life-Julie-Krone/dp/0316504777 Despite a series of debilitating falls and challenges, by the time Julie retired in 1999, she had won 3,545 races and more than $81 million in purse earnings.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/08/07/sports/main222526.shtml