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Who was the first female jockey in WA?

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CocoCabanaCocoCabana    8 posts
edited January 2013 West Australian Racing
Love to know who the first female jockey was to ride in WA.
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  • raconteurraconteur    610 posts
    some will say, Paula Wagg or Irene Pateman but before that there was Linda Jones - but the answer IMO is Raylene Russo who rode in the NW in the early late 70s
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  • CocoCabanaCocoCabana    8 posts
    What year did Paula Wagg ride at Ascot?
    Would she be the first to ride in the city?
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  • CocoCabanaCocoCabana    8 posts
    What about Lisa Harris, Fenella Roache, Marilyn Fagan, Shelley Geyer, Irene Konings ...
    Did they ride before Paula Wagg?
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  • RexRex    406 posts
    R.I.P. Shelley. Must have had a sex change. lol.
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  • raconteurraconteur    610 posts
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    CocoCabana said:

    What about Lisa Harris, Fenella Roache, Marilyn Fagan, Shelley Geyer, Irene Konings ...
    Did they ride before Paula Wagg?

    I think Sheeley was a bloke - well I rode agianst him and changed alongside him and as the father of 7 - yep he was a bloke - Konings was nee Pateman and the rest were long time after Linda Jones - I reckon Linda Jones was first female to ride in open race in WA in metro area.
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  • ShergarShergar    43 posts
    I would say that Linda Jones was the first to ride in WA but that Marilyn Fagan, Paula Wagg & Irene Pateman were the first to be licensed to ride against the blokes.
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  • BrubakerBrubaker    219 posts
    CocoCabana said:

    What about Lisa Harris, Fenella Roache, Marilyn Fagan, Shelley Geyer, Irene Konings ...
    Did they ride before Paula Wagg?

    Irene Konings/Pateman, Marilyn Fagan, Paula Wagg, Myra? Ives, Christine White were just a few that rode in the lady only races on the country circuit in the late seventies. I stand corrected but I believe Paula Wagg and Irene (Jackie) Pateman were the first female licensed jockeys.
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  • ShergarShergar    43 posts
    Brubaker said:

    CocoCabana said:

    . I stand corrected but I believe Paula Wagg and Irene (Jackie) Pateman were the first female licensed jockeys.

    My understanding was that Marilyn Fagan was licensed at the same time as Paula & Irene.

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,451 posts
    First WA female jockey.......Ellen Mangles.... Captain James Stirling's wife. :-B One for the historians.
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  • SPUDLEYSPUDLEY    1,584 posts
    Ok we now know who was first but who was the best or the best now my vote goes to the former Miss Alana Sansom.
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  • raconteurraconteur    610 posts
    yeah Alana had an approach which was unequalled ( by other female ) with her pre race exercises and form study.
    But for an outstanding example what about kiwi's Lisa "Hey I am female too!" Cropp" - she really had something the rest of the girls didn't.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,483 posts
    gee, paula wagg is quiet in the training ranks these days.
    i always had time for her as a trainer...and she is a very nice lady.
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    saw her at Pinjarra the other day and she is looking trim, taught an terrific...always a favourite
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  • Piston_BrokePiston_Broke    2,047 posts
    RIO said:

    saw her at Pinjarra the other day and she is looking trim, taught an terrific...always a favourite

    get your eyes checked

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  • Piston_BrokePiston_Broke    2,047 posts
    Best I saw was K Clapperton, and Lisa Cropp Alana never went on after her apprenticeship IMO. Marilyn Fagan probably the best I saw in WA
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  • raconteurraconteur    610 posts
    Jackson5 said:

    Maree Lyndon was easily the best female rider to have ridden in Australia
    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19840704&id=0zFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3273,1636479

    yeah you're spot on - Cropp and Lyndon - a pair !
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