Pam wears the Breakfast Creek colours before one of three straight wins on the smart sprinter.
We finally catch up with the remarkable Queensland lady who pioneered the cause of Australia’s female jockeys four decades ago.
In Part 1 Pam O’Neill talks of her childhood involvement with horses in the Brisbane suburb of Ascot.
She recalls how she bristled when trying to lead one of her father’s racehorses onto Eagle Farm racecourse and had to hand it over to a male.
She remembers winning her first battle to be allowed to ride trackwork. She recalls her first win over the establishment. They finally agreed to ladies races at registered meetings.
Finally she broke down the barriers. Pam has never forgotten the Gold Coast meeting where she became the first woman to ride against men in Australia. She rode 3 winners. What a statement!
She talks of her bitter disappointment when New Zealander Linda Jones was allowed to ride against men at Doomben. At that stage Pam wasn’t allowed to ride on city tracks.
(Banner image: Pam won three straight on the brilliant Breakfast Creek before tasting defeat in the Bissell Chandler Stakes 1986. Christopher (Ken Russell) on the outside finished too well for Breakfast Creek.)
Pam received the trophy from 1974 Miss Australia, Randy Baker, after a lady jockey's invitation.
This one was taken from an oil painting - Pam on her all time favourite Supersnack.