Multiple Grade 1 winning champion jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson started her riding career in 2004 and recorded her first win at Fort Erie that year. She quickly became Woodbine’s leading rider in 2005 as an apprentice rider. Wilson won both the Sovereign Award and Eclipse Award as Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 2005, and captured both the Woodbine meet title and a second Sovereign Award as Outstanding Apprentice Jockey again in 2006. In 2007, Wilson made history, becoming the first female rider to win the Queen’s Plate aboard Mike Fox. Wilson has taken her talents across the world, including Hong Kong in 2008, captaining the Girls Team to an historic victory in the Shergar Cup at Ascot Racecourse in 2015. Wilson, who has dedicated her time and efforts to various charitable initiatives over the years, was named the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award recipient in 2018, honouring significant contributions to the sport of horse racing from a jockey. As of February 13, Wilson has 1,706 career wins.
If you were the lead in the next Spider-Man movie, who would be your co-stars and why?
“I thought about this for a little and I was thinking, ‘Should I pick Woodbine people, or should I pick movie stars?’ I would have to pick my wife, Laura, because she can be pretty fierce and we make a very, very good team. Plus, she looks really good in Lycra. If she was busy that day, I would have to go with Ryan Reynolds, from Deadpool, and Tom Hardy as Venom. They are epic in those roles, and I wouldn’t mind spending the day, hanging out with the those two. I think my wife would understand.”