Robyn Smith | |
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Full name | Robyn Smith Astaire |
Occupation | Jockey |
Born | San Francisco, California, US | August 14, 1944
Spouse | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) |
Career winnings | $2,692,848[1] |
Career wins | 247[1] |
Major racing wins | |
$27,450 Paumonok Handicap | |
Honors | |
New York Turf Writers Association | |
Significant horses | |
North Sea, Ramblin Robyn, Swift Yorky |
Robyn Smith Astaire (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.