Live Breaking News & Updates on Career Training Race

“Fate” unites local author, pioneering horse trainer
Contributed Photos
I believe in fate. I believe fate brought me to Sylvia.
Author Vicky Moon
By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Staff Journalist
The Rectortown author and journalist’s new book chronicles the life of West Virginian Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop — the first Black woman licensed to train racehorses in the United States.
Ms. Bishop “prevailed to break barriers, shatter stereotypes and celebrate countless transforming victories in the winner’s circle with many wealthy clients,” Vicky Moon writes in
Despite detours, Ms. Bishop remained committed to her calling.
“Never wavering in her passion, she returned to the track to train horses at age eighty,” Ms. Moon explains in the book. “And finally, with little fanfare, she was honored for her pioneering accomplishments.” ....

United States , Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop , Jackie Kennedy Onassis , Virginian Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop , Leonard Shapiro , Washington Post , Rideoutt Bishop , Vicky Moon , Author Vicky , West Virginian Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop , Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop Had , Way With Horses , Pioneering African American Woman , Career Training Race , Shenandoah Downs , Charles Town Racing Hall , Charles Town Races , Bishop Memorial Race , History Month , Private Passion , Jackie Kennedy , Country Zest , With Morrie , Don Del Rosso , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஜாக்கி கெந்நெடீ ஒந்யாஸிஸ் ,