“Sometimes it is strength and they can be as strong, but it’s also finesse. I had a flat horse a little while ago, all kinds of really top male jockeys rode him, one day I had a top women jockey on him and he won when she rode him.”
The British Horseracing Authority insists there is no inequality in the sport and that it works to ensure female jockeys can progress.
“Racing is one of the few sports where men and women compete on equal footing and British Racing works to ensure that there are no barriers to progress for female jockeys,” the BHA said in a statement.
But Rupert Arnold of the National Trainers Federation, admitted: “When it comes to choosing at any particular moment who’s going to ride a particular horse, if trainers are looking for the best available, their tendency is to start with the male riders who dominate the jockeys’ Championship tables.”
Jenner, meanwhile, just wants more opportunities to fulfil her ambition to fully qualify within the next four years.
“It’s harder for girls as it’s always been known as a male sport,” she added. “But over the next few years we will get it to being more of a girl’s sport in the end.”