Word: krone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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RETIRING. JULIE KRONE, 35, the world's most successful female jockey; from a record-shattering 18-year career; in late spring. In 1993, riding Colonial Affair at the Belmont Stakes, the tiny but ferocious Krone became the first woman ever to win a Triple Crown race...
...BACK UP ON THE HORSE Our toughest athlete may be a 100-lb. sprite who sits atop 1,000-lb. beasts. A year and a half after Julie Krone broke an anatomy course's worth of bones at Saratoga, she rode in the Kentucky Derby, finishing 11th...
MARRIED. JULIE KRONE, 32, all-time winningest female jockey, and MATTHEW MUZIKAR, 26, TV producer; in Saratoga Springs, New York. Krone, who has piloted nearly 3,000 winners, rode the afternoon's card at the Saratoga track (scoring two places and one show) before taking her vows...
...JULIE KRONE...
...horse racing, jockey Julie Krone has compiled an impressive record, including winning a Triple Crown event, but riding a horse--while grueling--seems a poor test of athletic mettle. The closest thing we've seen to progress has been the story of ice hockey goalie Erin Whitten earlier this year. Whitten, relieving an injured teammate during a game this fall in the all-professional East Coast Hockey League, was credited with the victory for the Toledo Storm. "A barrier is broken," proclaimed Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy...