17: Hayley Turner wins Silver Saddle at 2018 Shergar Cuppublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 28 May 2020
Hayley Turner has helped pave the way for female jockeys. In 2008, she became the first women to ride 100 UK flat race winners in a calendar year.
But the moment for which Turner has been nominated is her 2018 Silver Saddle win for best jockey at the Shergar Cup.
The Shergar Cup is a team event which, since 2012, has consisted of four teams with three teams representing geographical areas - Great Britain and Ireland, Europe and the Rest of the World - and one all-female team, called the Girls team.
Not only did she win Silver Saddle in 2018, Turner helped the Girls team to victory and was deservedly proud, saying:
“We’re racing against the best jockeys around the world and we’ve beat them on level terms. Just saying.”
Then, she went and won the Silver Saddle again the following year!