May, 2015 - Anna Lee Aldred - Kentucky Buck

Anna Lee Aldred 

...was the first woman in the US to receive a jockey’s license.  She was born in Colorado in 1921, the daughter of a famous race horse trainer – she began racing ponies at the age of 3; by 12 she was racing flat, relay races – she was given her license at the age of 18 in 1939 after officials were unable to find a rule that barred women jockeys.   She retired six years later, after growing too tall (5’5”) and too heavy (118lbs) and switched to trick rider for rodeos.  She was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1983, and Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2004.  She continued riding until she broke her hip in 2001, she died in 2006 at the age of 85.

The Drink:

Kentucky Buck

.5 oz lemon juice

1 medium strawberry

1.5 oz bourbon

.5 oz simple syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Top with ginger beer

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  4

Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation:  5

Comments:  "it's the ginger that slows you down" - OH

From "Women Jockeys" hosted by Alabazam