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Camille du Gast

Daredevil sportswoman, animal rights activist and feminist in Belle Epoque Paris

A naturally talented horsewoman, Evelyn Freda White excelled first as a show-jumper and later as a racehorse trainer, but it was for her colourful personality that she was best known in the horse world.

Laurel Campbell

New Zealand racehorse trainer

Isabel Button

New Zealand horse driver, trainer and equestrian

Florence Nagle

British dog breeder, horse trainer, and pioneering advocate for the rights of women in the field of animal husbandry.

Phyllis Constance Williams

New Zealand singer and horsewoman

C Z Guest

Socialite, horsewoman and fashion designer

Constance Abraham

Community and church leader in Palmerston North (New Zealand) for many years

Hedwick Wilhelmina McDonald

Hedwick Wilhelmina McDonald’s greatest achievement as a racehorse trainer does not appear in record books; nor does her real name. She trained the winner of the 1938 Melbourne Cup, but because women were not permitted to be professional trainers in Australia at the time, her husband temporarily took over the role. As for her name, most of her life she was known simply as ‘Granny’.

Maggie Briggs

New Zealand show-jumper