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Robyn Smith (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey. Active from 1969 to 1980, Smith accumulated 247 wins in California and New York race tracks, and became the first female jockey to win a stakes race in 1973.
In 1980, Fred Astaire, who had been a widower since 1954 and who had just turned 81, married Robyn Smith, who was 35 and one of the first and most successful woman jockeys in the country.
23. Apr. 2009 · Robyn Smith Female Jockey 1985. Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B1qz/ Famed Jockey Robyn Smith recounts her horse racing days on the 1985 ...
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17. Apr. 2000 · Willie Shoemaker's mount by a nose, Smith had won her first race at Santa Anita, Astaire had won his wager on a long shot, and the seeds of a great romance had been planted.
Robyn Smith was a female jockey who won the Paumonok Handicap in 1973, the first woman to win a major race in the USA. She was also the widow of Fred Astaire, whom she married in 1980.
- August 14, 1944
Robyn Smith, born Melody Dawn Miller in 1942, was a pioneer in the male-dominated sport of horseracing. She overcame a troubled childhood, gender prejudice, and physical challenges to become the first woman to win a stakes race in 1973.
23. Juni 1988 · Then he met Robyn Smith, a lithe, young jockey who had broken the sex barrier in thoroughbred racing. They were married June 24, 1980, when he was 81 and she was 35. The marriage astonished Hollywood and appalled Fred's sister, Adele, and daughter, Ava. But it endured.
