Journeys – The Talk Show hosted by Sean Hall, co-host Leroy Trotman, and Brett Callaghan speaks with Sovereign and Eclipse Award-Winning Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson on Thursday, May 19th, 2022, at 7 pm EST.
Emma-Jayne Wilson (born September 1, 1981) is a Sovereign and Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2007 aboard Mike Fox, Wilson became the first woman to win North America’s oldest and Canada’s most important race, the Queen’s Plate.
On September 16, 2012, Wilson joined jockey Francine Villeneuve to become only the second Canadian woman to achieve the 1,000 career victories plateau, as she rode “D’wildcat Gold” to victory in the first race at Woodbine.
Three days later by taking the fifth and sixth races at Woodbine, Emma-Jayne moved ahead of Villeneuve as Canada’s all-time winningest female jockey, a distinction that Villeneuve had held for over 10 years.
In 2018, she became just the second woman to win the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award, given annually to jockeys who have made significant contributions to Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.
