Caroline Beasley

Caroline Robinson, better known under her maiden name, Caroline Beasley, is an Irish jockey. She was the first woman to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival in Christie's Foxhunter Chase (in 1983),[1] as well as Aintree's Fox Hunters race (in 1986).[2]

Caroline Beasley
OccupationJockey
Significant horses
Eliogarty

Early life

Eliogarty
BreedThoroughbred
SireLucky Brief
GrandsireCounsel
DamNatanya
DamsireMenelek
SexMale
Foaled1975
ColourChestnut
TrainerJohn Hasset

Beasley's father, Jeremy Beasley,[3] and mother, Pat Beasley,[4] were both involved in horse racing. She was raised in Shropshire.[3] Her first horse, Eliogarty, whom she rode in Cheltenham and Aintree, was a gift from her father,[2] and was trained in County Clare, Ireland, by John Hasset.[5]

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