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• GAY KELLEWAY RACG
• GAY KELLEWAY RACG
• TALKG HORS: GAY KELLEWAY CLAIMS TRAERS ARE NNG LAME HORS
• NEWSLATTMOST READFEATUREDCOLUMNISTSALLGAY KELLEWAY WEL VERDICT DUNNE DISCIPLARY HEARGTHU 9 DEC 2021GAY KELLEWAY – THE FIRST WOMAN TO RI A WNER AT ROYAL AST AND NOW A SUCCSFUL TRAER – WELED THE BRISH HORSERACG AUTHORY DISCIPLARY PANEL LG THAT ROBBIE DUNNE BULLIED AND HARASSED BRYONY FROST.AN PENNT PANEL ON THURSDAY FOUND DUNNE BREACH ON ALL FOUR UNTS OF NDUCT PREJUDICIAL TO HORSERACG, FOLLOWG A HEARG HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.NEWMARKET-BASED KELLEWAY TOLD SKY SPORTS RACG: “THIS IS 40 YEARS TOO LATE, THIS IS WHAT I HAD TO SUFFER BACK THE DAY WHEN I WAS RIDG AND HAS TAKEN QUE A FEW S FOR A CLEARER VISN OF WHAT LADY JOCKEYS GO THROUGH.“THIS IS NOT JT BRYONY, A LOT OF LADY JOCKEYS KEPT SCHTUM ABOUT A LOT OF THGS. I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR FLAT JOCKEY TOLD ME ABOUT HER EXPERIENC, BUT SHE WAS TOO SRED TO SAY ANYTHG. AT LAST THEY’VE HEARD BRYONY AND I’M LIGHTED WH THE VERDICT.“I THK SHE N MOVE ON OM THIS – LOOK AT HER, THE PROOF OF THE PUDDG IS THE EATG, GOG THROUGH ALL THIS SHE WON THE TGLE CREEK AND SHE WON TODAY, THAT’S HOW SHE DO THE TALKG. SHE’S RRIED ON LIKE A PROFSNAL, BUT THANK GOD SHE HAD THE URAGE TO SPEAK UP.”THE CULTURE OF THE WEIGHG ROOM ME UNR TENSE SECURY THROUGHOUT THE HEARG.KELLEWAY SAID: “IN MY DAY I WASN’T ALLOWED TO PUT MY TOE THE CHANGG ROOM, THEY MA VERY CLEAR WOMEN JOCKEYS WERE NOT ALLOWED SO WE HAD OUR SMALL ROOM TO CHANGE .“OBVLY THERE’S A LOT MORE WOMEN RIRS NOW, BUT YOU DON’T SEE SERENA WILLIAMS GOG TO ANDY MURRAY’S CHANGG ROOM AND RACEURS NEED THIS KICK UP THE BACKSI TO IMPROVE FACILI – AND WHY ON EARTH HAVEN’T WE GOT FEMALE VALETS?“THE SAYG OF WHAT GO ON THE WEIGHG ROOM STAYS THE WEIGHG ROOM IS A PILE OF YOU KNOW WHAT AS FAR AS I’M NCERNED, EVERYTHG NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.“A YOUNG JOCKEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AND PLA IF THEY ARE BEG BULLIED OR FEEL TIMIDATED.”BARRY GERAGHTY, WNER OF THE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP AND GRAND NATNAL HIS GLTERG REER THE SADDLE, FELT WAS A “SAD” DAY FOR RACG.HE SAID: “MY REACTN IS SAD I SUPPOSE, THERE IS NO WNER, OBVLY ’S TOUGH FOR BRYONY, TOUGH FOR ROBBIE AND TOUGH FOR RACG AS WELL.“YOU’D HAVE TO BE THE ENQUIRY SELF TO HAVE A GRASP OF ALL THE TAIL, BUT FOR ME ’S NOT A REFLECTN ON THE WEIGHG ROOM AND THE CULTURE, THAT’S THE B THAT REALLY GETS ME.”RPONDG TO CLAIMS OM THE BHA’S LOUIS WTON, WHO HIS CLOSG STATEMENT ON WEDNDAY CLAIMED THAT THE CULTURE THE WEIGHG ROOM WAS “RANCID’, GERAGHTY SAID: “NOT THE WEIGHG ROOM I WAS FOR 24 YEARS AND I’VE ONLY BEEN GONE JT OVER 18 MONTHS.“THERE IS NOTHG MORE PREC TO ME THAN MY CHILDREN AND IF THEY CID TO PURSUE A REER AS JOCKEYS THE RACEURSE WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE I WOULD FEAR FOR THEM, NOT THE WEIGHG-ROOM CULTURE, FELLOW RIRS OR VALETS.“THE WEIGHG ROOM I WAS FOR 24 YEARS WAS A HAPPY PLACE, WAS GOOD FUN. WE’D HAVE CLASH AND DIFFERENC OF OPN, BUT I NEVER WNSED BULLYG AND IF SOMEONE WAS GETTG A HARD TIME OM SOMEONE ELSE, SOMEONE WOULD GENERALLY STEP AND ADDRS THE SUATN.“IT’S HARD TO HEAR THE MENTS LIKE ‘RANCID’ BEE THAT IS NOT THE PLACE I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE.“I’D BE ALL FOR NEW MEASUR – IF THEY ARE BROUGHT – TO STOP THIS SORT OF THG HAPPENG AGA. YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE AN CINT LIKE THIS AGA. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRS .“BUT I THK ’S UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE THE WEIGHG ROOM TO BE PATED THIS WAY.”ALA CAWLEY BELIEV HIS WEIGHG-ROOM LLEAGUE HAS BEEN “HARD DONE BY”.SPEAKG AFTER RIDG AT WNER AT NEWSTLE ON THURSDAY, HE TOLD SKY SPORTS RACG: “I THK ROBBIE HAS BEEN HARD DONE BY, (BEG) FOUND GUILTY OF EVERYTHG HE HAS.“I’VE BEEN THE WEIGHG ROOM A LONG TIME AND I’VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY (ANYTHG) BUT HOW GOOD WAS THERE (FOR ALL THE) YOUNG PEOPLE G ALONG.“GOG BACK WHEN ALL THE OLR BOYS WERE THERE, PECIALLY WHEN I WAS STARTG – HELPED ME OUT.“FOR ME THE WEIGHG ROOM IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. I HAVEN’T HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT WASN’T.“I FEEL SORRY FOR ROBBIE. HOPEFULLY ’LL GET LOOKED TO AGA – I DON’T THK ’S RIGHT.“WE’RE ALL ADULTS, OR THE MAJORY OF ARE ADULTS. WE’VE ALL HAD TSL AND BTL ABOUT PEOPLE – HOW MANY MARRIED PEOPLE GO HOME AND SWEAR AT EACH OTHER AND HAVE ROWS EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.“SWEARG IS PART OF LIFE AND ’S A TOUGH SPORT WE’RE . WE RISK OUR LIV WHEN WE GO OUT THERE.“FOUL LANGUAGE IS ED EVERYWHERE. I’M NOT SAYG ’S RIGHT TO E CERTA WAYS, BUT WE’RE GROWN PEOPLE – MEN AND WOMEN THERE. WE’RE TOUGH PEOPLE TO BE OUT THERE THAT GAME.“IT’S A TOUGH SPORT, BUT ’S FOR EVERYONE – WHOEVER WANTS TO E TO THE GAME, WE’RE OPEN TO EVERYONE G TO THE GAME.”MORE LATT NEWS
• RACG NEWS AND TIPS: GAY KELLEWAY BACKS JOSEPHE GORDON FOR ROYAL AST BREAKTHROUGH

GAY KELLEWAY RACG

Gay ro her first wner on the flat for leadg traer Clive Brta and at the tenr age of 17 years old fished send the ladi Amatr Champnship, she then won at 18, check to see if anyone else has won that young! Gay was the first woman to ri a Gold Cup at Ast on Pretty Picture and the first woman to ri a wner at Royal Ast when her horse Sprowston Boy won.

In total, Gay ro some 60 wners, no mean feat a untry where racg is 95% male passn for racg took her to New Zealand for the wter wng big rac at both the Auckland tracks Ellerslie and Avondale as there were more opportuni for women jockeys, but a nstant stggle wh her weight ma her ill so she cid to give up race ridg and return to retirg om race ridg she spent a year workg Media which stood her good stead to start trag. Gay started out by rentg a few box om Bob Champn but then moved to the state of the art, Whbe Manor where she felt would be the difference between a lol B & B and The is now back Newmarket after a perd trag Dubai and Lgfield.

GAY KELLEWAY RACG

Gay has to work long hours but still tri to fd time for her many iends and is always a very popular party gut. Very often owners will brg hors to Gay where they may not have sparkled wh other traers, and nothg giv her more satisfactn than seeg the horse w, and the fac of the owners when their pri and joy is led to the Wners Enclosure! Wele to Gay Kelleway RacgOur team is based at Queen Alexandra Stabl, a tradnal 300 year old yard suated the village of Exng, meang that the famo gallops of Newmarket are easily accsible along wh eque swimmg To Help UkraeUNDER THE HAMMER SYNDICATEAfter a very succsful first season nng the unr hammer syndite Gay will be lnchg the 2nd of the syndit.

Followg an ial trip to Poland takg aid to the Ukrae borr, traer Gay Kelleway set up a fundraisg mpaign to provi further support. In a quote the Racg Post, speakg on her way back to Newmarket om southern Poland, Gay said: “It’s horrendo. Gay sent this vio clip to Racg Together which explas what is need and why.

TALKG HORS: GAY KELLEWAY CLAIMS TRAERS ARE NNG LAME HORS

Exclive: Horse racg rocked by sex sndal as female rir claims top jockey attacked herGay Kelleway claims the rir, known to lns of punters, pned her agast the wall and said, “You know you want , ” the prence of officialsGay Kelleway, pictured at her stabl 1998, says a well-known male jockey phed himself on her a changg roomA top female jockey has told of a terrifyg oral when a famo rir phed himself on her a changg room.

Gay Kelleway claimed the rir, known to lns of punters, pned her agast the wall and said, “You know you want , ” the prence of horse racg officials. They clu a naked male rir approachg her a sna, unsoliced night-time hotel viss om two traers, and Gay feelg she would be “safer” travellg to rac the horse box, rather than accept lifts and face unwanted advanc. And Gay, 53, whose reer spans more than three s, warned that tragic nsequenc lie ahead for aspirg female jockeys and stable staff if the perpetrators are not driven out of racg for good.

NEWSLATTMOST READFEATUREDCOLUMNISTSALLGAY KELLEWAY WEL VERDICT DUNNE DISCIPLARY HEARGTHU 9 DEC 2021GAY KELLEWAY – THE FIRST WOMAN TO RI A WNER AT ROYAL AST AND NOW A SUCCSFUL TRAER – WELED THE BRISH HORSERACG AUTHORY DISCIPLARY PANEL LG THAT ROBBIE DUNNE BULLIED AND HARASSED BRYONY FROST.AN PENNT PANEL ON THURSDAY FOUND DUNNE BREACH ON ALL FOUR UNTS OF NDUCT PREJUDICIAL TO HORSERACG, FOLLOWG A HEARG HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.NEWMARKET-BASED KELLEWAY TOLD SKY SPORTS RACG: “THIS IS 40 YEARS TOO LATE, THIS IS WHAT I HAD TO SUFFER BACK THE DAY WHEN I WAS RIDG AND HAS TAKEN QUE A FEW S FOR A CLEARER VISN OF WHAT LADY JOCKEYS GO THROUGH.“THIS IS NOT JT BRYONY, A LOT OF LADY JOCKEYS KEPT SCHTUM ABOUT A LOT OF THGS. I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR FLAT JOCKEY TOLD ME ABOUT HER EXPERIENC, BUT SHE WAS TOO SRED TO SAY ANYTHG. AT LAST THEY’VE HEARD BRYONY AND I’M LIGHTED WH THE VERDICT.“I THK SHE N MOVE ON OM THIS – LOOK AT HER, THE PROOF OF THE PUDDG IS THE EATG, GOG THROUGH ALL THIS SHE WON THE TGLE CREEK AND SHE WON TODAY, THAT’S HOW SHE DO THE TALKG. SHE’S RRIED ON LIKE A PROFSNAL, BUT THANK GOD SHE HAD THE URAGE TO SPEAK UP.”THE CULTURE OF THE WEIGHG ROOM ME UNR TENSE SECURY THROUGHOUT THE HEARG.KELLEWAY SAID: “IN MY DAY I WASN’T ALLOWED TO PUT MY TOE THE CHANGG ROOM, THEY MA VERY CLEAR WOMEN JOCKEYS WERE NOT ALLOWED SO WE HAD OUR SMALL ROOM TO CHANGE .“OBVLY THERE’S A LOT MORE WOMEN RIRS NOW, BUT YOU DON’T SEE SERENA WILLIAMS GOG TO ANDY MURRAY’S CHANGG ROOM AND RACEURS NEED THIS KICK UP THE BACKSI TO IMPROVE FACILI – AND WHY ON EARTH HAVEN’T WE GOT FEMALE VALETS?“THE SAYG OF WHAT GO ON THE WEIGHG ROOM STAYS THE WEIGHG ROOM IS A PILE OF YOU KNOW WHAT AS FAR AS I’M NCERNED, EVERYTHG NEEDS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.“A YOUNG JOCKEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AND PLA IF THEY ARE BEG BULLIED OR FEEL TIMIDATED.”BARRY GERAGHTY, WNER OF THE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP AND GRAND NATNAL HIS GLTERG REER THE SADDLE, FELT WAS A “SAD” DAY FOR RACG.HE SAID: “MY REACTN IS SAD I SUPPOSE, THERE IS NO WNER, OBVLY ’S TOUGH FOR BRYONY, TOUGH FOR ROBBIE AND TOUGH FOR RACG AS WELL.“YOU’D HAVE TO BE THE ENQUIRY SELF TO HAVE A GRASP OF ALL THE TAIL, BUT FOR ME ’S NOT A REFLECTN ON THE WEIGHG ROOM AND THE CULTURE, THAT’S THE B THAT REALLY GETS ME.”RPONDG TO CLAIMS OM THE BHA’S LOUIS WTON, WHO HIS CLOSG STATEMENT ON WEDNDAY CLAIMED THAT THE CULTURE THE WEIGHG ROOM WAS “RANCID’, GERAGHTY SAID: “NOT THE WEIGHG ROOM I WAS FOR 24 YEARS AND I’VE ONLY BEEN GONE JT OVER 18 MONTHS.“THERE IS NOTHG MORE PREC TO ME THAN MY CHILDREN AND IF THEY CID TO PURSUE A REER AS JOCKEYS THE RACEURSE WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE I WOULD FEAR FOR THEM, NOT THE WEIGHG-ROOM CULTURE, FELLOW RIRS OR VALETS.“THE WEIGHG ROOM I WAS FOR 24 YEARS WAS A HAPPY PLACE, WAS GOOD FUN. WE’D HAVE CLASH AND DIFFERENC OF OPN, BUT I NEVER WNSED BULLYG AND IF SOMEONE WAS GETTG A HARD TIME OM SOMEONE ELSE, SOMEONE WOULD GENERALLY STEP AND ADDRS THE SUATN.“IT’S HARD TO HEAR THE MENTS LIKE ‘RANCID’ BEE THAT IS NOT THE PLACE I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE.“I’D BE ALL FOR NEW MEASUR – IF THEY ARE BROUGHT – TO STOP THIS SORT OF THG HAPPENG AGA. YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE AN CINT LIKE THIS AGA. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRS .“BUT I THK ’S UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE THE WEIGHG ROOM TO BE PATED THIS WAY.”ALA CAWLEY BELIEV HIS WEIGHG-ROOM LLEAGUE HAS BEEN “HARD DONE BY”.SPEAKG AFTER RIDG AT WNER AT NEWSTLE ON THURSDAY, HE TOLD SKY SPORTS RACG: “I THK ROBBIE HAS BEEN HARD DONE BY, (BEG) FOUND GUILTY OF EVERYTHG HE HAS.“I’VE BEEN THE WEIGHG ROOM A LONG TIME AND I’VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY (ANYTHG) BUT HOW GOOD WAS THERE (FOR ALL THE) YOUNG PEOPLE G ALONG.“GOG BACK WHEN ALL THE OLR BOYS WERE THERE, PECIALLY WHEN I WAS STARTG – HELPED ME OUT.“FOR ME THE WEIGHG ROOM IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. I HAVEN’T HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT WASN’T.“I FEEL SORRY FOR ROBBIE. HOPEFULLY ’LL GET LOOKED TO AGA – I DON’T THK ’S RIGHT.“WE’RE ALL ADULTS, OR THE MAJORY OF ARE ADULTS. WE’VE ALL HAD TSL AND BTL ABOUT PEOPLE – HOW MANY MARRIED PEOPLE GO HOME AND SWEAR AT EACH OTHER AND HAVE ROWS EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.“SWEARG IS PART OF LIFE AND ’S A TOUGH SPORT WE’RE . WE RISK OUR LIV WHEN WE GO OUT THERE.“FOUL LANGUAGE IS ED EVERYWHERE. I’M NOT SAYG ’S RIGHT TO E CERTA WAYS, BUT WE’RE GROWN PEOPLE – MEN AND WOMEN THERE. WE’RE TOUGH PEOPLE TO BE OUT THERE THAT GAME.“IT’S A TOUGH SPORT, BUT ’S FOR EVERYONE – WHOEVER WANTS TO E TO THE GAME, WE’RE OPEN TO EVERYONE G TO THE GAME.”MORE LATT NEWS

Gay says her harassment ntu today. ” The dghter of top Natnal Hunt jockey Pl Kelleway, Gay was sted to spend her life workg wh hors.

Gay ro her first wner at 17 and was leadg profsnal female rir three years a row.

” But there was a more sister rponse to Gay’s “tsn” to the ttosterone-fuelled atmosphere of the weighg room. Rellg her oral, at a time when female rirs did not have a signated changg room, Gay said: “I’ll never fet , I was gettg changed. “[He said] ‘Come on, Gay, e on, you know you want .

RACG NEWS AND TIPS: GAY KELLEWAY BACKS JOSEPHE GORDON FOR ROYAL AST BREAKTHROUGH

” Reuntg another episo, Gay went on: “I ed to go and e a top jockey’s sna. “I ed to get lifts rs, ” said Gay, who has been wh partner Anne-Sophie for the past six years.

Gay, left, says she never said anythg through fear of not beg believed. The harassment did not stop when Gay retired om ridg to set out as a traer Newmarket 1991. As a traer, Gay has won numero big rac cludg the Three-Year-Old Sprt All-Weather Champnship at Lgfield Park 2015 wh Lightsmeractn.

Gay said: “I’ve known cints wh head lads harassg girls, grooms, the yard. ” Gay add: “I haven’t been paid to do this terview.

Much has changed for the better sce the abhorrent events scribed by Gay.

It is 31 years sce Gay Kelleway won at Royal Ast, the first and only woman jockey to do so. “Stan rang me and said: ‘Gay, I’ve got a real good rir. I’d never even spoken to Gay before but after the race I got an earful.

“Gay msaged me the night before me out. Many of the goods have been driven to Ukrae by traer Gay Kelleway, who lnched her Racg to Help Ukrae mpaign, which has currently raised over £30, 000 to go towards suppli and veterary aid.