No Place for a Girl
how one female jockey broke into an exclusive men’s club
$67.26
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2024
Summary
No Place: The Karen Wiltshire Story
No Place for a Girl is the little-known but hugely inspirational story of pioneering woman jockey Karen Wiltshire and her fight for acceptance in the male-dominated world of 1970s horseracing.
There was a time when female professional jockeys were not welcome in British horseracing. But then one dauntless rider confronted the misogyny, prejudice and bullying she encountered both in the stables where she worked and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781801509923 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1801509921 |
| Author: | Karen Wiltshire, Nick Townsend |
| Publisher: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 518g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 154mm |
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Critics Review
“Nothing makes for a more compelling tale than victory in the face of adversity… [Karen Wiltshire] certainly did that, and this tale is an inspiring example of resilience in spite of the odds. Her story may not be well-known, but it is one that deserved to be told.”
* Racing Post *About The Author
Karen Wiltshire
Karen Wiltshire has collaborated with Nick Townsend to tell her story. Nick worked as a sportswriter at the Daily Mail and then The Independent on Sunday and has freelanced for publications such as The Sunday Times, Racing Post and Racing Ahead, for whom he still writes. His previous books include the co-authored autobiographies of Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Ben Ainslie, plus the best-selling Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History.
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