Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Who has been your greatest influence and motivator in your success in the field of your career?
Ms. Lizzie Kelly:
A lot of people! I’ve got a lot of people who I can turn to including my mum and also my coach Rodi Green but all the jockeys have been hugely helpful to me since I started as a professional and I try to learn from everybody as we’ve all come from different walks of life and have different opinions and sometimes you can learn some thing really good from just chatting to people.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You have broken a record by becoming the first female jockey to win a Grade One jump race in 2015 on Tea for Two. How did you feel after giving such a breakthrough performance?
Ms. Lizzie Kelly:
It was an incredible day and the confidence I gained in my own ability after that was very good for me. In racing a jockey is judged by what races they have won so becoming a Grade One winning jockey was a big step for me.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Tell us about the milestones that you had to cross and the struggles you had to overcome to make your place in this sport.
Ms. Lizzie Kelly:
Racing as a sport is a very challenging environment especially as there are a lot of ways to do one thing, for me being accepted within the weighing room was probably the biggest milestone and the thing I’m proud of the most however moving my way through my conditional claim has been really rewarding. Sometimes being a jockey feels like the hardest thing in the world, but I’ve got the job I’ve always dreamt of so the difficult times are worth it.
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