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Are jockeys still called boys?
Looking at the Handicapper report for Santa Anita today I saw that the exercise rider was referred to as "the boy". I know that Jockeys were called boys, apprentices, "bug boys" per tradition. With the proliferation of so many great female jockeys, has that changed? In baseball, we still call a female player a third baseman, for example. I just cannot imagine calling Rosemary Homeister Jr. "the boy" or even "the girl".
PS: my early pick for the Derby is Kochees.
