In 2019, Khadijah Mellah became the first British Muslim woman to win a horse race in the UK while wearing a hijab. She was just 18 when she crossed the finish line first
In early 2025, Ascot Racecourse confirmed a significant change to the format of its flagship team event, the Shergar Cup: the all-female Ladies’ Team, first introduced in 2012, would be removed and replaced
This week’s Double D’s Live Podcast felt a little different… a touch bittersweet, but still full of the usual laughs, honesty, and horsey chaos you expect from us. Episode 22 marks
For the first time in its 1,000-year history, Japan’s Soma-Nomaoi festival has removed gender-based restrictions—and the impact was immediate.
Eight women rode in this year’s three-day event in Fukushima
In a sport where tradition has long meant male-only participation, one woman has just redrawn the lines...
The city of Jhelum recently hosted a first-of-its-kind event: a tent-pegging championship not only led by
