It's not all about strength, there is so much more involved, getting the horse into a rhythm, getting the horse to try for you, it's being patient and I'm so glad to win Melbourne Cup and hopefully, it will help female jockeys from now on to get more of a go.

My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche.

I hope I'm one of many to come in the Dubai World Cup, and hope I see more women making it at this level. There are a lot of great female jockeys.

I hope to be remembered as a very good jockey.

I was a radio jockey after graduation. I was 22, the youngest RJ in Delhi at that time.

Many of us in the jockeys' room are wasting to ride many pounds below our natural weight, but all the while you are doing that, you also want to ensure that you are as strong as possible so that you can give your mount every possible chance in a race.

Jockeys - it's so difficult It's completely insane. You're balancing on the balls of your feet on the spine of a horse and it's like you're piloting a missile It's amazing. I think jockeys are stunt men.

Now that women are jockeys baseball umpires atomic scientists and business executives maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The sport of horse racing which at its best showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.