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10 Questions Jockey Julie Krone reflects on her career
Posted: Friday May 05, 2000 04:43 PM
Shortly after Julie Krone was elected into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame, she answered 10 Questions with CNNSI.com. 1. What was the best part of being elected to the Racing Hall of Fame? To be honored by everyone in racing, to realize they have to vote for you -- and to be the first girl to be in -- was special 2. What else do you recall from that event? That my mom had just passed away. She died the previous Christmas, and after going through all the horse stuff with me, I missed her not sharing the induction with me. I wanted to say, "Hey, mom, I'm in the fall of fame." 3. What was the biggest contribution your mother made to your career? She taught me that I could always overcome adversity. She was really scrappy and a really strong person. She survived cancer for almost 16 years, to give you an idea of how strong she was. When there were doors shut to me, she taught me how to climb over a fence or to go in through a window. 4. What was the most difficult thing you had to overcome in racing? Being a girl jockey in a male-dominated sport. 5. Which guy jockey was the biggest jerk to you during your career?
That's a politically incorrect question. My brain doesn't register that type of memory. 6. Which jockeys were most helpful to you? Along the way, every stage had someone who was important to that stage. Monumentally, Angel Cordero was one of the people who, when I was at the peak of my competing, I could always go to. And Pat Day helps a lot, too. He is a Christian, and he is spiritually in touch with a lot of different aspects of how to find peaceful, constructive ways to deal with things. 7. Favorite Derby memory? Listening to the Derby song before my first Derby, I got all teary eyed. 8. What is the key to winning the Derby? Luck. You need a lot of luck and you have to be able to get your horse to finish at the end. 9. Willie Shoemaker or Eddie Arcaro? Who was better? They both had extreme talents and gifts. Willie Shoemaker had the softness of his hands. Eddie was always a scrapper, really tough and strong. 10. In one word, describe yourself. Versatile.
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