Horse racing: 46-year-old Maekawa becomes 1st female JRA trainer

The Japan Racing Association certified its first female trainer Thursday, naming 46-year-old Kyoko Maekawa among nine applicants to pass its license test.Maekawa, who has been an assistant trainer since 2004, made it through two screening processes for the fiscal 2024 license that whittled down an initial field of 133 applicants."There have only been a small number of female applicants so far. I hope more women will enter the horse racing industry," Maekawa said at Ritto Training Center in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan."I'll be in a position with bigger responsibilities and I'm bracing fo…READ FULL ARTICLE