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Karen Wiltshire was the first female jockey to win a winner in British racing in 1978 .
She was verbally abused, verbally abused and ridiculed by other staff at her stables.
Her struggles against misogyny, prejudice and bullying are detailed in a new biography called 'No Place For a Girl' .
Wiltshire is now a fitness instructor at her own gym in Hampshire and says her grown-up daughter Lara is amazed and proud of her story - a career which saw her ride against great jockeys like Lester Piggott , Willie Carson , Pat Eddery and Walter Swinburn . "That first win proved it could be done. A lot of people want to go to see women racing now and people realise they have similar abilities," she said..
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