Teneca Wolfe-Bell
Teneca Wolfe-Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mississauga, Ontario[1] |
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Years active | 2006 on[1] |
Teneca Wolfe-Bell (born 1987) is a Canadian jockey, the only Black female rider running races in Ontario, and believed to be the first Black female jockey to win a race in North America. She won her first race at Fort Erie Race Track on June 28, 2016.[1]
Her status as the only Black female jockey in the province was known in 2016,[1] and continues as of 2021. She is also believed to be the first Black female jockey to win a race at Canada's biggest racetrack Woodbine Racetrack, which she did on October 16, 2020, while riding the gelding Majestic Melody.[2] As of 2016, she was one of only six female riders in Ontario.[1]
Wolfe-Bell has worked for Hall of Fame trainers including Reade Baker and Sid Attard.[2][1] She started in the horse racing industry as a hotwalker, then a groom, to an exercise rider, before becoming a jockey.[3] Receiving her apprentice jockey license in British Columbia in 2015, her first 12 races were at that province's Hastings Racecourse.[1]
Wolfe-Bell was born in Mississauga, and raised in Brampton.[1] Her father, Trevor Davis, worked as a groom at Woodbine.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Wolfe-Bell making history on the track". BramptonGuardian.com. 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ a b "Teneca Wolfe-Bell Rides First Woodbine Winner, Makes History". Canadian Thoroughbred. 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ "Video: Female jockey makes Canadian history". CityNews. Toronto ON. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Video: Female jockey makes Canadian history", CityNews Toronto, a segment about Teneca Wolfe
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