TVG - Gabby Gaudet

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by Elliott Sidewater

I couldn't agree more; back in the day I thought that Julie Krone was a terrific jockey, but what made her really special was a fierce competitiveness and refusal to back down to the boys. She gave as good as she got, and once decked Miguel Rujano in the jocks room after he hit her in the face with his whip during a race. A chair throwing brawl ensued that was WWE worthy. She was definitely the best female jockey I ever saw live. In the late 70's and 80's, if you latched on to a promising female rider early in her career, there was money to be made. For me that rider was Mary Ann Alligood at Keystone Race Track. Those were the days....

Vicki Aragon at Longacres. Everybody hated her, from jocks to the betting crowd. But she rode like a Banshee.

[upthecreek]

http://www.laurelpark.com/race-info/...r-eddie-gaudet

[VigorsTheGrey]

Originally Posted by castaway01

You might want to tell female jockeys they're a "protected class", I'm sure it will be news to them.

Not a protected class in reality, but still "protected in the minds of chivalrous men" who dominate the upper echelons of racing, hence the lack of female riders at the upper end of earnings...why is that..if they are just as aggressive, qualified, etc,...most of the criticism directed at jockeys involves male jockeys...

I venture to say that it is dishonorable for a man to criticize a female publically...it never works out well for a man to do this..even if the criticism is justified...it is an unwritten code that rarely gets breached and in that sense, women are a protected class...I'm not saying it is right or wrong...it is just a fact...

[Tom]

I'm not saying it is right or wrong...it is just a fact...

And you know this how?

[VigorsTheGrey]

Go ahead and try it out for yourself...critique or be critical of any woman in a public forum, online or other...then gauge how you feel about yourself and how others respond to you...

[Tom]

Originally Posted by lamboguy

i take it she must be related to Eddie Gaudet. congratulations go out to her on her new job for whatever it is.

Heard on ATR that Eddie passed away last week.
Condolences to Gabby and her family.

[upthecreek]

Originally Posted by Tom

Heard on ATR that Eddie passed away last week.
Condolences to Gabby and her family.

Theres a link in post #32

[FantasticDan]

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