Cheryl White (1953 - 2019)

Born 29 Oct 1953 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Died 20 Sep 2019 at age 65 in United States [uncertain]

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Biography

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Cheryl White was an American horse racing jockey. She was the first Black female jockey and was named the Appaloosa Horse Club's Jockey of the Year four times.^[1]

Cheryl White was born in Cleveland, Ohio^[2] on October 29th, 1953. She was the daughter of Raymond A. White, a horse trainer and jockey, and Doris Jean Gorske.^[3] She grew up in Rome, Ohio and graduated from Grand Valley High School in Orwell, Ohio.^[4]

Cheryl made her professional debut as a jockey on June 15th, 1971 at the Thistledown Race Track in Cleveland, Ohio, riding her father's horse Ace Reward.^[5][4] Although she came in last place in that race, she went on to have a very successful career, winning over 750 races. By 1974, she had moved to California and was especially successful racing Appaloosas in the county fair circuit. The Appaloosa Horse Club named her Jockey of the year four times (1977, 1983-1985) and she was inducted into the Appaloosa Horse Club Hall of Fame in 2011. After retiring as a jockey, she continued to work in various other roles in the horse racing industry.^[2][3]

Cheryl died on September 20th, 2019. Her obituary lists one surviving brother and several nieces and nephews.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Cheryl White (jockey)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Cheryl White," profile from the Appaloosa Horse Club's Hall of Fame, 2011, https://sub.appaloosa.com/association/hof/pdfs/2011_CherylWhite.pdf : accessed 6 May 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Obituary: "Cheryl White," Hummel Funeral Homes, https://www.hummelfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/cheryl-white : accessed 6 May 2023.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ronald E. Kisner, "Teen-Aged Girl Cracks Barrier on Race Track," Jet, 29 Jul 1971, pages 46-49 and cover; image copy, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=qzcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 : accessed 6 May 2023).
5. ↑ Ray Yannucci, "Black Jockette in Thistledown Debut," Akron Beacon Journal [Ohio], 16 Jun 1971, page E4; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/124163757/ : accessed 6 May 2023).

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q60737401
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• http://modelhorsemadness.blogspot.com/2023/08/breyerfest-closeups-cheryl-white-and.html