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Robyn Smith (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey. Active from 1969 to 1980, Smith accumulated 247 wins in California and New York race tracks, and became the first female jockey to win a stakes race in 1973.
Jun 9, 1988 · In 1980, Fred Astaire, who had been a widower since 1954 and who had just turned 81, married Robyn Smith, who was 35 and one of the first and most successful woman jockeys in the country.
Aug 17, 1997 · Robyn Smith eventually made her MGM connection, but not according to the usual star-is-born script. By the late ‘70s, she was Fred Astaire’s final dance partner, the one he whirled around the...
Nov 22, 2022 · Robyn Smith is an American jockey. She has won stakes race in 1973. She was previously married to Fred Astaire. They remained married for seven years until Fred died in 1987. As of 2021, she holds a net worth of $2 Million.
Apr 17, 2000 · Robyn Smith doesn't like doing things halfway. When she became a. jockey in 1969, she wanted to be not only the best female jockey. but also the best jockey, period. Of winning, she said,...
Jul 31, 1972 · Robyn Smith, the jockey, invented herself a few years ago so that she could succeed in that role. Few athletes have forfeited more than she has to chase after a dream, to try to live out a...
Robyn Smith, the most famous woman jockey in the United States during the 1970s, has been reluctant to divulge details about her past.
Apr 5, 2010 · Robyn Astaire was the world’s first successful woman jockey and was honored on the cover of Sports Illustrated (July 31, 1972). But she was not satisfied being the best female jockey; she wanted to be the best jockey, period. And Astaire—nee Robyn Smith—was on her way to that lofty goal.
Oct 4, 1975 · Robyn C. Smith, the model who turned jockey in 1969, scored the first riding triple of her career at Belmont Park yesterday, turning in the feat in consecutive faces for a perfeet...
Robyn Smith #1. An interview with Robyn Smith, the famed jockey. As the one of the first females to race horses professionally, she touches on her jockeying career and the struggles she had encountered throughout it.
