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Jenny Pitman By Jenny Pitman

Jenny Pitman by Jenny Pitman


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This autobiography of Jenny Pitman describes how she became successful in the male-dominated profession of horse racing. Pitman was one of the first women to be granted a professional licence to train horses and in 1983 she became the first female trainer to win the Grand National.

Jenny Pitman Summary

Jenny Pitman: The Autobiography by Jenny Pitman

Jenny Pitman's success has been won against the odds. An outsider in the privileged world of racing, she has nevertheless turned herself into one of the most successful trainers in Britain today. And as a woman in a male-dominated profession, she has been forced to work doubly hard for her achievements. enny's love of horses has dominated her life. Born on a modest Leicestershire farm without gas, electricity or running water, she joined a racing yard at the age of fifteen. While still in her teens she married jockey Richard Pitman, and together they set up a stable. Before long, Jenny became one of the very first women to be granted a professional licence to train horses. Despite the subsequent break-up of her marriage and financial hardship, Jenny soon managed to establish herself in her own right as a fully fledged trainer. ince then, horses such as Garrison Savannah and Burrough Hill Lad have etched the Pitman name deeply in the record books. Jenny has trained the winners of all five major Nationals and two Cheltenham Gold Cups. With Corbiere in 1983 Jenny became the first woman trainer to win the Grand National - and she is still the only one to have done so. In 1993 her ho

About Jenny Pitman

Jenny Pitman lives in Lambourn, Berkshire with her husband David Stait. Known as one of the all-time greats of the racing world, she now writes novels and feature articles, and makes regular television appearances.

Additional information

GOR001281894
9780553504910
0553504916
Jenny Pitman: The Autobiography by Jenny Pitman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Transworld Publishers Ltd
19991101
432
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