Stereotypes of female jockeys

Recently, the biography of jockey Michelle Payne’s life – Ride Like a Girl was released. Horse riding has been a male-dominated sport for all of its long history, and there’s lots of stereotypes against women in the industry, even though their performances are as good as men’s.

Today we spoke to Dr Michelle O’Shea, a lecturer in Sports Management Western about the discussion of female jockeys.