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Maryjean Wall Retires After 60 Years | Lexington News
Maryjean Wall, a trailblazing horse racing journalist who covered the sport for over six decades—including Secretariat’s historic 1973 Triple Crown run—is retiring and moving to Florida. Once barred from becoming a jockey, she forged a groundbreaking career as one of the first women to cover racing full-time for a daily newspaper, battling sexism and resistance with grit and excellence. She even threatened legal action to secure fair access, proving her work demanded respect. Now, after earning three Eclipse Awards, writing acclaimed books, and reshaping the field for future female…
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