The Boston Globe, May 6th, 1995
Late this afternoon at Churchill Downs, when the official starter bellows "Riders up!" and trainer Nick Zito boosts 31-year-old jockey Julie Krone's 4-foot-10 1/2, 100-pound frame atop Suave Prospect for the 121st Kentucky Derby, the moment -- win or lose -- will mark another highlight for an athlete whose achievements earmark her as a cinch for the Racing Hall of Fame. Krone's life reads, in many ways, like a TV movie. She's a high school dropout from a broken home who's had to fight and smile her way to the top of a profession dominated by men. She's had bouts with drugs and depression, and ...
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