Sylvia Harris: Jockey

FOTH: Are you surprised at all this press you have been getting? I mean you got an article in the NY Times, by the time this comes out you will have been on Good Morning America, etc? I have had reporters emailing me asking for info on you, etc.

Sylvia Harris: Yeah because I didn't foresee any of that. I didn't do it for that reason. I mean there obviously comes a point in time where people alert you to the fact that maybe there is an agenda here, you realize certain things you had to overcome and start tying it together, but I don't want that to distract from
what I love to do whether that is in the morning or the afternoon. My favorite place is on horseback. Even sometimes to the beggaring of my family, that is
where I have to be, it is not a matter of wanting, it is where I have to be. I need to do that everyday. I don't want the other opportunities to distract from that, so I can easily see how that can happen. I don't know how these other jockeys do it and I am not Julie Krone or Mary Doser. It is just something in the story that caught peoples heart, somebody asked me what took you so long, why are you doing this at 40? I got distracted and that is what happened with my life and then it just got snowballed from there.

FOTH: How long do you plan on riding for? Are you going to ride through your
apprenticeship or are you taking things day by day so to speak or whatever
happens, happens?

Sylvia Harris: I am kinda there right now cause right now I made my goal come true and I don't want to get to focused as to where do I go from here and ruin it. I love riding in the afternoons, but I don't want it to get to the point where I am not getting any mounts and then disappointment will step in as I forget I
got fired a few years ago for now cleaning a stall fast enough. I am happy where I am at and eventually I'd like to have my own stable.

Sylvia Harris: Never give up and keep a smile on your face if that is what you love to do cause the happier that you are, every day no matter what field you are in and whatever your dreams or goals are, that is going to bring it to you. Not neglecting somebody else who is trying to do or stop you, just go out there and find away to make it happen. Keep the negative people away.

Sylvia Harris: I just want to thank everybody for being an encouraging factor in this industry whether it was for myself or somebody else. When you have been doing this all your life and you have somebody that comes in and has no idea what they are doing and shows them patience and understanding, that makes a difference, and it does make a difference to a lot of people involved in it.

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