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'I want to be known as a top jockey, not a top female jockey'

Champion apprentice Josephine Gordon, 23, gets a grilling

Josephine Gordon: now part of the Hugo Palmer team and excited about To Be Wild
Josephine Gordon: now part of the Hugo Palmer team and excited about To Be WildCredit: Edward Whitaker

What advice would you give your ten-year-old self?
That's a tough one. I didn't really pay too much attention at school, I was always staring out the window waiting to get back to ride my pony. I used to turn up to primary school in my jodhpurs and by the time Mum came to pick me up from school I'd be stood there in my jodhpurs and riding boots ready to go. I suppose I'd tell my ten-year-old self to pay more attention at school.

If you could play any other sport professionally which would it be and why?
Probably football. I was on the girl's football team and I loved it. I'd like to say I was pretty good at it as well.

What is your earliest racing memory?
There would be loads. Even though it wasn't too long ago, I remember sitting down and watching Yeats win the Ascot Gold Cup in 2006 through to 2009. He was an amazing horse and I would watch him all the time.

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