Jockey Queen

Jockey Queen tells for the first time the legendary exploits of trailblazing female jockey Lillian Jenkinson Holder, who broke the unwritten rule that females could not be jockeys, no matter how low or high level the event.

Roger Peach has worked as a newspaper reporter and feature writer for Times-Commoner (Salem, Illinois), magazine managing editor for Jersey Journal, publisher for Downstate Farmer, and public relations senior writer and account executive with St. Louis-based Drone and Mueller. A journalism graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, he is the author of Swamper Tales. Peach splits time between homes in Columbia, Illinois, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology 1Ride a Dead Horse 2Queen Finds Her Throne 3Birth of a Reputation 4Bullring 5Loup View Stock Farm 6Lady Lillian 7Keen Boy 8Milk Duds 9All for One, One for All 10Looking behind the Oz Curtain 11Alpha Women Co-op 12Savior Beans 13Jay Yarberry 14Just Beans' Last Race 15Death's Trifecta 16Chick Catches Lillian's Eye 17Handled with Care 18Reluctant Mentor 19May 1969 20Ruins 21Jockey Author's Note Appendices ALetter from Kane Brothers to W.J. about Keen Boy (January 30, 1929) BLetter from Lizzie to W.J. and Lillian (July 23, 1929) CLetter from Lillian to Louise (March 3, 1939) DIllinois House Resolution No. 205 (May 21, 1969) EThe Rick Talley Proposal FJust Beans' Photo-Archived Races (1942-1947) Index About the Author