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Robyn Smith (born August 14, 1944) is an American retired jockey. Active from 1969 to 1980, Smith accumulated 247 wins in California and New York race tracks, and became the first female jockey to win a stakes race in 1973.
- Robyn Smith Astaire
- 110 lb (50 kg)
- 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
- Jockey
In 1980, Fred Astaire, who had been a widower since 1954 and who had just turned 81, married Robyn Smith, who was 35 and one of the first and most successful woman jockeys in the country.
Female jockey. Won her first career race at Ferndale on August 2, 1969. Stepmother of Fred Astaire Jr. and Ava Astaire-McKenzie. When Ginger Rogers received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1992, Robyn Smith, widow of Fred Astaire, withheld all rights to clips of Rogers' scenes with Astaire, demanding payment.
- August 14, 1944
17 ago 1997 · Robyn Smith Astaire was always a woman without a past, so for years she invented one, she says. There was something about mounting her first horse at 2 on the family ranch. Majoring in English at...
17 apr 2000 · Robyn Smith doesn't like doing things halfway. When she became a. jockey in 1969, she wanted to be not only the best female jockey. but also the best jockey, period. Of winning, she said,...
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American jockey who was the first woman to win a stakes race. Name variations: Melody Dawn Miller; Caroline Smith; Robyn Caroline Smith; Robyn Astaire. Born Melody Dawn Miller in San Francisco, California, on August 14, 1942; daughter of Constance Miller; married Fred Astaire (the actor and dancer), in 1980 (died 1987).
