About Virginia Pinky Smith
Virginia Pinky Smith was an American jockey.
Violet Virginia "Pinkie" Smith was the first licensed female jockey in the Pacific Northwest and the sixth woman to be licensed as a jockey in the United States.
History Smith grew up in Auburn, Washington. Smith rode horses from the time she was a child. According to her mother, Smith was elated when she learned that "Penny Ann Early was going to break into the previously all-male occupation of riding." She obtained an apprentice license at the Portland Meadows race track on April 22, 1969.
She was the "top girl rider" at the Pitt Park Meet in 1972. In 1983, Smith won the Arizona Breeders' Derby riding Arizona Brave.
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American jockey
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Virginia Pinky Smith was born in Auburn.
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