Young jockey Amy Ryan is poised to claim not one but two 2012 jockeys’ championships when the flat racing season on turf comes to a climax in just over a fortnight.

Julie Krone was delighted to be back at Doncaster Racecourse to ride in the Clipper Logistics Leger Legends Classified Stakes for the second year running.

Julie Krone, the world’s most successful female jockey, is flying in from America to defend her ‘Leger Legends’ title in the annual charity race for retired riders at Doncaster racecourse on Wednesday 12th September.

North American stars Chantal Sutherland and Emma-Jayne Wilson will join Britain’s best female Flat jockey, Hayley Turner, to form the first ever female team at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot on Saturday, 11 August.

Britain's professional lady jockeys are to get their own championship for the first time.

The Cheltenham Festival is famed for its great races won by great horses, but for Ladies’ Day Sara Waterson celebrates a selection of the great women who have made their own mark on Jump racing’s most elite occasion.