Robyn Smith (other)
Robyn Smith Astaire (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey. Active from 1969 to 1980, Smith accumulated 247 wins in California and New York (state), New York race tracks, and became the first female jockey to win a stakes race in 1973. Early life Smith is largely evasive about the details of her early life. She told ''Sports Illustrated'' in her 1972 cover profile that she was born in San Francisco, California on August 14, 1944, but the journal could find no birth record of a Robyn Caroline Smith for several years around that time. Claims that she had attended Stanford University as an English major, and that she was under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were similarly debunked. In 1997, she told the ''Los Angeles Times'' that she was "sold" as an infant, and went through a series of Foster care, foster homes. Jockey career In April 1969, Kjell Qvale agreed to let Smith ride one of his horses, and on April 3, Smith became the first female jockey in Norther ...
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Robyn Smith (other)
Robyn Smith Robyn Smith Astaire (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. Early life ... is an American retired jockey. Robyn Smith may refer to: * Robyn Smith (sports administrator), Australian sports administrator * Robyn Smith (cartoonist), Jamaican cartoonist See also * Robin Smith (other) {{human name disambiguation, Smith, Robyn ...
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