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JEAN TRAQUAIR THOMSON

THE former jockey and respected horsewoman died on 3 February, aged 98.

Jean was the most successful Scottish female jockey of her generation, riding 52 winners in point-to-points between 1946 and 1979.

She was born in Lambden, Berwickshire, in 1925. She and her sister Margaret were founder members of the Berwickshire branch of the Pony Club and regularly

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