Horse Racing: Fawcett a young jockey on the rise
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Save Up-and-coming jockey Jasmine Fawcett preparing to race Debatable in the Lion Red Ruakaka Race Day. Photo / John Stone
Budding jockey Jasmine Fawcett is one step closer to the big league of Group One racing.
On Wednesday she raced Debatable in the Lion Red Ruakaka Race Day run by Whangarei Racing Club.
The 24-year-old jockey is from Matamata and has been riding horses since the age of 5.
Although
she has always dreamt of riding horses, it was just five years ago that she decided to become a jockey.
Ms Fawcett entered a jockey "apprenticeship" with a trainer that took her on board and she began "race day riding" one and a half years ago.