May 2015 - Rosemary Homeister, Jr. - Jockey Club

Rosemary Homeister, Jr.  

Born from two jockey parents, she grew up riding horses.  She started her career working with horses as an exercise rider and breaking yearlings before beginning her apprenticeship in 1992.  She started her career by becoming the first woman to win the Eclipse Award for Oustanding Apprentice Jockey in the US.  Since then, she has won more than 2000 races at tracks around the US.  In 2000 and 2001, she was the US leading female jockey in wins, and in 2001 she was the first female jockey (only one so far?) to win the Clasico del Caribe aboard Alexia.  In 2003, she was only the fifth woman to compete in the Kentucky Derby.  She was inducted into the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 2006.   She won her 2000^th race in 2008, and temporarily retired in 2011 due to pregnancy.

The Drink:

Jockey Club
1.5 oz bourbon
1 oz sweet vermouth
.25 oz maraschino liqueur

Drinkability:  3.5
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  2.5
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  3

Comments:  "manhattan with a kick"

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