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ROSANNA: A FOR EFFORT.
GREG: COMING NEW THE PROGRAM --
WHAT DO YOU DO CONTINUES.
A FEMALE A JOCKEY BY THE WAY.
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ROSANNA: ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU DO SEGMENT.
GREG: HIT THAT TRUMPET.
IT IS RACE TIME!
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WE'RE MEETING A JOCKEY.
MILAN DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
GREG: A PROFESSIONAL JOCKEY SHE
RIDES HORSES FOR MONEY.
SEEM LIKE A REALLY --
ROSANNA: HER JOB LIKE HER LIVING
IT IS HER CAREER.
GREG: A REALLY COOL GIG.
MET HER COUPLE OF MONTHS EENG
AGO AN FOUND OUT SHE WAS A
JOCKEY AND ALMOST FLIPPED.
ROSANNA: AT BELMONT OR SOMETHING
THAT YOU MET HER?
GREG: SOME SOHO PARTY AND ONE OF
THOSE COCKTAIL PARTIES THAT CAME
UP.
ROSANNA: TO THE RACES OFFICER
YOU GOT OFF WORK.
GREG: OTB --
REMOTELY.
ROSANNA: LET'S MEET PER.
>> DOING SO GREAT THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE.
YOU GUYS ARE WONDERFUL.
GREG: AN A UNUSUAL PROFESSION I
WAS BLOWN AWAY.
HOW DID YOU BECOME A JOCKEY?
>> WELL, I LOVED HORSES SINCE I
CAN REMEMBER.
IT IS IN MY JEANS AND I'VE
ALWAYS RODE HORSES SO I SAW ONE
IN BRAZIL I WAS LIKE I WANT TO
DO THAT.
SO I SACK SACRIFICED A LOT IN MY
LIEFL TO BE A PROFESSIONAL
JOCKEY IN SHOW JUMPING YOU PAY
TO RIDE.
BUT AS A JOCKEY YOU GET PAID TO
GET ON THE HORSES.
SO IT IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
ROSANNA: WHAT IS YOUR DAY LIKE?
>> I WAKE UP AROUND 5 IN THE
MORNING.
GET TO THE TRACK AT AROUND 6,
6:30.
GREG: WHICH TRACK?
>> BELMONT PARK RACETRACK.
MOSTLY IN NEW YORK.
BUT ALTHOUGH A JOCKEY'S LIFE
THEY TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO RIDE RACES.
GREG: SHOW UP AT 6:30 AND THEN
WHAT HAPPENS?
>> I GET ON A BUNCH --
GO TO BARN TO BARN AN SAY HI
GOOD MORNING SIR, CAN I PLEASE
BREEZE HORSES FOR YOU AND
SIMULATE A RACE TO GET THE
HORSES FIT AND READY FOR THE
AFTERNOON FOR THEM TO RACE.
GREG: LOOSENING UP THE HORSE AND
YOURSELF.
>> EXACTLY TRAINING THE HORSE
AND WE GO TO THE TRAINERS AN ASK
THEM.
ROSANNA: PAID WHEN YOU BREEZE
THE HORSE?
>> THAT IS THE CATCH.
NO WE DON'T GET PAID.
JOCKEYS DON'T GET PAID TO BREEZE
THEM.
XERSZ RIDERS GET FADE TO GET ON
THE HORSES EVERY MORNING BUT
WE'RE PAID IF WE RIDE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
GREG: HOW MANY RACES DAY MIGHT
YOU PARTICIPATE IN?
>> THEY'RE FROM 9 TO 13 RACES A
DAY DEPENDING ON THE DAY, AND IT
IS FIVE DAYS WEEK HERE IN NEW
YORK.
SO I NORMALLY RIDE AROUND 3, YOU
KNOW --
GREG: THREE ALL DAY.
>> BEING A WOMAN IN A MAN'S
SPORT IS REALLY, REALLY
DEFENDANT.
ROSANNA: STILL HAVING A HARD
TIME BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
THERE?
>> VERY, VERY ROSANNA.
IT IS AMAZING HOW IN THIS DAY
AND AGE 2013 AND MEN ARE
MARRYING MEN AND WOMEN MARRYING
WOMEN AND WOMEN IN SPORTS, IT IS
STILL LIKE A TABOO IT IS LIKE
SHE'S TOO WEAK.
GREG: HOW UNUSUAL.
>> I SPEND 10% IN THE COUNTRY
AMERICA, IT IS PIONEER IN FEMALE
JOCKEYS.
SO IN BRAZIL I WAS THE ONLY
WOMAN.
IN MY TRACK, THAT IS HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AN I WAS
THE ONLY ONE THERE AND I HAD TO
LEAVE BRAZIL AND COME HERE FOR
MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
ROSANNA: DON'T THINK YOU CAN'T
GO AS FAST AS A MAN.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
>> THEY THINK, I MEAN, I THINK
THEY THINK WE'RE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONGEST PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD .
WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
GREG: FROM A LAYPERSON'S
PERSPECTIVE THE LIGHTER THE
BETTER.
THE LIGHTER THE JOCKEY THE
BETTER THE JOCKEY.
>> EXACTLY AND THAT IS WHERE WE
HAVE THE ADVANTAGE, GREG THAT IS
WHERE WOMEN HAVE THE ADVANTAGE
WE'RE LIGHTER DON'T HAVE TO GO
IN THE SAN THAT TO TAKE OFF
WEIGHT.
WE'RE NOT WEAKENED BY NOT
EATING.
BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THE WEIGHT.
A LOT OF THE JOCKEYS THEY HAVE
TO DO A LOT TO GET THE WEIGHT
DOWN DAILY.
ROSANNA: WHAT WEIGHT DO YOU HAVE
TO BE AT?
>> AROUND 112 IS GREAT BUT RIGHT
NOW I'M LIGHT AND 108.
GREG: ALL RIGHT.
ROSANNA: WHAT DO YOU EAT EVERY
DAY WE NEED TO BE INSPIRED.
>> PEOPLE ASK MY WEIGHT EVERY
DAY.
AS A JOCKEY THAT IS PART OF MY
JOB.
MY DIET ROUTINE, I'M A PESK
TARIAN.
ROSANNA: ONLY FISH.
GREG: WHAT --
ONLY RODENTS.
PESKTARIAN GOOD FOR YOU ONLY
FISH THAT WORKS.
ROSANNA: BREAKFAST LIKE?
>> I EAT FIG --
FISH WITH DINNER.
GREG: EXCUSE ME.
LISTEN I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE
HORSES YOU HAVE A NICE BREAKFAST
THAT IS GREAT.
108 POUNDS GOOD FOR YOU.
HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY AND PAID
WHEN THE GAMBLER IS PAID HOW
DOES IT WORK?
>> HOW IT WORKS IS THIS --
>> OWNERS BUY HORSES FOR
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN SALES ARRANGED THE COUNTRY.
RIGHT?
GREAT HORSES.
THEN THEY GIVE IT TO A TRAINER
TO TRAIN, RIGHT.
AND THEN IT TAKES A YEAR AT
LEAST FOR A HORSE TO GET REGULAR
TRAINING ON THE REGULAR HORSE.
THEN THAT RIDER COMES IN EVERY
DAY TRAINING THAT HORSE AND THEN
JOCKEY WHEN IT IS READY TO RUN
GETS ON THE HORSE, GETS TO KNOW
HIM.
I WANT TO RIDE THIS HORSE.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE ONE OF THOSE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HORSES.
AND THEN WIN AND THAT IS HOW YOU
MAKE U MONEY BY WINNING.
WINNING SECOND AND THIRD FOURTH
AND ON IT IS ALL --
EVERYBODY FORGETS.
ROSANNA: HAVE YOU HAD ANY
WINNING HORSES?
>> I HAVE AN INJURY IN FEBRUARY
SO I'VE BEEN OUT FOR SIX MONTHS
THAT IS THE LONGEST I'VE EVER
BEEN FROM RACING AND THANK GOD I
WAS SO FORTUNATE TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE A COUPLE BACK ME UP AND GOT
ON A LOT OF HORSES TO TRAINING
AND WON MY FIRST RACE BACK FROM
MY INJURY, AND THAT WAS JUST --
UNBELIEVABLE FEELING.
LIKE WOW.
YOU KNOW, SUCH AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
GREG: CONGRATULATIONS THAT WAS
GREAT.
>> YOU KNOW WHERE WE MET AT THE
CLEAN ENERGY PARTY.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS DOING BY THE
WAY WHEN I WAS HURT.
I WAS PROTESTING AGAINST
FRACKING.
GREG: I WAS THERE FOR THE ABUSE
I HAD NO IDEA.
>> YOU HAVE TO COME.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO COME SEE THE
RACES.
AND NOT JUST THE RACES BUT THE
BACKSIDE WE ND PEOPLE.
GREG: BACKSIDE OF THE HORSE?
>> NO, THAT IS WHAT IT IS
CALLED.
GREG: SOMEBODY WIN $6,000 HOW
MUCH OF THAT MONEY DO YOU GET?
>> NOTHING.
WE DON'T GET THE BETTING MONEY.
IT GOES TO THE POOL FOR THE
TRACK.
IT GOES TO THE FERN OF THE RACE
THAT IS HOW WE GET PAID JUST FOR
THE PURSE OF THE RACE AND ALSO
IT GOES TO PROGRAMS FOR LIKE NEW
YORK STATE BREAD PROGRAM.
GREG: AS LONG AS YOU GET INOUGH
MONEY --
THE MONEY --
ROSANNA: MORE HORSES.
>> NEED GOOD HORSES.
ROSANNA: TALK TO THE OWNERS
ABOUT YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
>> GOOD WORK FOR ME.
GREG: GOOD LUCK WITH WITH THAT
TODAY?
>> TODAY IS --
TUESDAY WE DON'T HAVE RACE LIVE
RACES MONDAY AND TUESDAYS.
WE HAVE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY FROM 12:20 TO 4:30.
GREG: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY WHAT
IS THE ULTIMATE PLAN?
>> EVERY JOCKEY'S DREAM TO WIN
THE KENTUCKY DERBY IN THE
BREEDERS CUP KATHLEEN, YOU KNOW
SHE'S A TRAINER.
IN A MAN'S WORLD SHE WON THE
BREEDERS CUP AND INSPIRES AND
THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I WANT TO BE IN THE BIG RACE.
GREG: ONE MORE THING.
THIS TRUMPET WE ARE STUMPED BY
WHAT THIS TRUMPET MEANS.
CAN YOU HIT THE TRUMPET THAT YOU
HEAR AT THE RACETRACK.
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>> THAT ONE.
ROSANNA: EXCITE WHTD I HEAR
THIS.
>> THAT IS THE CALL TO POPE.
TRADITION, EVERY TIME WE GET ON
THE HORSE IS WHEN WE'RE COMING
OUT TO PARADE THE HORSES FOR THE
VETERANSES TO LOOK AT THEM THAT
TRUMPET GOES OFF.
GREG: HAVE TO WHIP THE HORSE?
>> DON'T HAVE TO WHIP THE HORSE.
>> GO FAST TO WHIP THE HORSE.
>> YOU KNOW ACTUALLY, NEW YORK
HAS A NEW RULE THAT IF YOU WHIP
HAD THE HORSE TOO MANY TIMES YOU
GET FINED.
ROSANNA: REALLY.
GREG: HOW MANY WHIPS?
>> MY WHIP --
ROSANNA: THAT IS FOR RIGHT
THERE.
GREG: WHERE --
ROSANNA: HE GOT IT FIRST.
>> SHOW YOU MY WHIP BECAUSE --
GREG: WE TRUST YOU WITH THE
WHIP.
WHAT ELSE?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
HOW MANY WHIMS PER RACE.
>> SEE THIS IS PADDED.
THIS IS A NEW REGULATION.
ROSANNA: GREG --
[LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS A REGULATION THAT WE
HAVE.
WE CAN'T EXACTLY --
WE CAN'T WHIP THE HORSE THREE OR
MORE TIMES CONSECUTIVELY.
SO WE MOSTLY DRAG THEM AND WHIP
THEM COUPLE OF TIMES JUST TO
CALL THEIR ATTENTION.
SQUEEZE THEM WITH THE LEGS AND
THIS IS THE SADDLE THAT I WON A
LOT OF RACES ON.
AND THIS SADDLE I BOUGHT FROM
ROSIE, ONE IF NOT THE BEST
JOCKEY.
GREG: YEAH.
>> A BIG ONE.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE SMALL
SADDLE.
SEE HOW THIS IS.
GREG: THE METAL THING ON THE
FRONT.
THAT IS ONLY THE PART --
>> YOU MEAN THE BRIDLE THAT IS
ON THE HORSE'S HEAD.
I COULDN'T BRING A HORSE IN
TODAY.
[LAUGHTER]
GREG: GLAD YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> THAT WEIGHS A POUND.
ROSANNA: NOTHING.
>> WHAT MOST JOCK DISUSE.
ROSANNA: ROSAN WANTS TO KEEP
THE WHIP.
>> THIS --
YEAH.
GREG: GOT YOURSELF.
ROSANNA: WHEN HE GETS OUT OF
HAND --
AND I DON'T HAVE THE RULER.
GREG: SHE'S GOING TO TAKE IT
HOME.
>> TO DO --
GREG: SORRY.
>> MILAN SEE HER AT THE TRACK.
GOOD LUCK.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU GUYS COME
SUPPORT NEW YORK RACING TOO.
LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
>> MY PLEASURE.
GREG: GOOD STUFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ROSANNA: GETTING READY LAST
NIGHT EBONY HAD A BIG SHOW.
GREG: AND ALSO MEET AMEL
LARRIEUX COMING UP.