In England women have for some years been allowed to ride in the United Kingdom's oldest horse race, the Town Plate. run at Newmarket since the days of Charles II. This week, at Maryland's Pimlico race track, U.S. fans for the first time will see a woman riding in a professional race. She is apple-cheeked, 29-year-old Judy Johnson, of Bethesda, Md., who has convinced the Maryland Racing Commission that she is as good a steeplechase rider as any jockey in the business.
Judy Johnson inherited her horsiness from her father, Trainer Ed Johnson, who...
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