1.   Cathleen Garner became the second female jockey to win a stakes race at Lone Star.

2.   Krone, the most heralded female jockey, came from New Jersey.

3.   Krone, the most accomplished of female jockeys, will be the fashionable pick, but this voter thinks Fires is a superior rider.

4.   Primarily because of Julie Krone, female jockeys are no longer a curiosity at thoroughbred race tracks.

5.   She chooses the solitude that comes with being the only female jockey on the New York Racing Association circuit.

6.   The sport lost a star when Julie Krone, the greatest female jockey in history and a past Belmont winner, retired at midyear.

7.   Pfizer also has paid Julie Krone, a former top female jockey who retired last year after struggling with depression, to promote Zoloft, an anti-depressant she takes.

8.   Race courses run by local governments began licensing female jockeys a few years ago.