Hopefully this is the effect this years Victoria Derby horse race will have on all women

To introduce you to the world of horse racing and the Victoria Derby it is a very prestigious race run right in the middle of the Melbourne Cup spring racing cup carnival. It has been run for something like 153 years and today was the first time in the races history a female jockey piloted the winner over the finish line. A truly historic event that will etch Clare Lindop's name in the history books.

It is very rare for female jockeys to compete at the top level of competitive horse racing. It is a very cut throat industry where money isn't scarce. Jockeys have the opportunity to earn the sort of money that can guarantee a life of abundance for them and their families. On the other side of the coin one mistake can be fatal for them and for their counterparts.

Clare Lindop's historic win is significant for women in more than one way. Firstly it proves that the girls can mix it with the boys. What I predict is the increased prevalence of winning female jockeys in big Group races. Efforts like the one from Clare breaks the ice and shows other females that they can achieve these types of successes. It was the same as when the one minute mile was achieved, the 10 second 100m and so on. Women now have evidence that winning top group 1 horse races can be done. Women no longer have to manufacture vision that the feat is achievable, they will read about it and watch it everywhere.

Take away point of all this is how powerful our minds are. Removing restrictions can come in all forms. It isn't the fact that it is too hard for women to ride horses as well as the men but it is the fact that their mindsets and the racing population tells them this is so. The top owners only use the girls at last resort and punters don't make women driven race horses favourites do they? Hopefully women start winning more and more big horse races and show us all that we can do anything if our minds believe it so. If you can't concieve you'll never achieve. If you have dreams and passion mix persistence with it and you will have a winning formula.