Barbara Jo Rubin

Barbara Jo Rubin, born on 21 November 1949 in Highland, is an American jockey who became the first woman to win a professional horse race. Her career came just after licensing rules changed for women in the United States: Kathy Kusner had won a licence through a Civil Rights Act lawsuit against the Maryland Racing Commission in 1967 and 1968, and Diane Crump became the first licensed woman to ride in a parimutuel Thoroughbred race on 7 February 1969 at Hialeah Park. Two weeks later, on 22 February 1969 at Charles Town in West Virginia, Rubin became the first licensed woman to win a race in the modern era, and she went on to win 11 of the next 22 races she rode.