Articles & Press

PUBLISHED IN Forbes, BY TERESA GENARO, ON JUNE 7, 2019. When I talked to Donna Brothers before this year’s Kentucky Derby, she was well into her preparation for the big race. She has a lifetime’s experience...

PUBLISHED IN CNBC, BY DAVID NOVAK, ON JUNE 15, 2018. Donna Barton Brothers is an expert in the horse racing field. She rode for nearly 12 years and retired in 1998 as the second leading female...

PUBLISHED IN USA TODAY, BY DAN WOLKEN, ON JUNE 8, 2018. ELMONT, N.Y. — When she’s interviewing the winning jockey from horseback after a big race, Donna Barton Brothers believes her job is to help convey...

PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL TURF WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS, BY TOM LAW, ON AUGUST 29, 2018. Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode Triple Crown winner Justify, will be honored along with Donna Barton Brothers, Jim Gluckson...

PUBLISHED IN WAVE3 NEWS, BY SHANNON COGAN, ON APRIL 5 2018. LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - For many people, yoga is a way to quiet a busy life and an active mind. There's one yoga class in...

PUBLISHED IN AMERICA'S BEST RACING, BY TOM PEDULLA, ON MARCH 26, 2018. Donna Barton Brothers did not set out to follow the path blazed by her mother, Patti, by becoming a jockey. And yet she rode...

PUBLISHED IN SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY, BY MIKE CHUPITA, ON MAY 2, 2018 "A Day in the Life" is a feature in SBD examining the daily habits of interesting personalities in sports business. This week, NBC Sports'...

PUBLISHED IN THE SPECTRUM, BY PETE MONACO, ON NOVEMBER 13, 2017 You might know Donna Barton Brothers as the woman on horseback who interviews gasping jockeys after big races on television. Since 2001, Donna has provided...

PUBLISHED IN THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS, BY T.D. THORNTON, ON OCTOBER 24, 2016 As the concept of all-female ownership syndicates begins to expand in the United States, the principals behind one of the first partnership groups...

PUBLISHED BY WYMT-TV, DECEMBER 1, 2015 Donna Brothers was born with racing in her blood. Between 1987 and 1998, the former jockey rode at Birmingham Turf Club, Rockingham Park, Suffolk Downs, Canterbury Park, Remington Park, Turf...

PUBLISHED IN OffTrackThoroughbreds.com, BY SUSAN SALK, on May 3, 2012. Dirt stung her face and bounced off her goggles like gravel on a windshield from a speeding truck. She flinched, and crouched lower in the saddle. Beneath...

PUBLISHED IN Keeneland Magazine, BY RENA BAER, SUMMER, 2015. Former jockey-turned-racing analyst, Donna Barton Brothers brings special insight to Breeders’ Cup telecast. Donna Barton Brothers doesn’t hesitate when asked about her favorite career memory: the 1993...

PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BY DONNA BROTHERS, ON JUNE 19, 2015. Given time to think about how I felt witnessing American Pharoah’s Triple Crown sweep on June 6, my conclusion may be surprising: I...

PUBLISHED IN Paulick Report, BY Paulick Report Staff, ON December 20, 2014 NBC's Donna Brothers was named 2014's “Best Sideline Reporter” in a column by Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch honoring notable members of sports media...

PUBLISHED IN StyleBlueprint, BY HEIDI POTTER Recognize this FACE? You should, she’s a renowned former jockey and now nabs the best live television interviews with the race winners after the Triple Crown races. Meet Donna...

PUBLISHED IN NEWSDAY, BY CANDICE RUUD, ON JUNE 2014 Many casual racing fans who have watched a leg of the Triple Crown on television or the Internet are familiar with Donna Barton Brothers, even if...

Published in the Chronicle of the Horse's, The Chronicle Connection, By Jennifer Calder, on October 2012 Arguably the most famous female jockey of all time, she’s had a voracious appetite for victory, and for even greater challenges...

Published in The New York Times, The Rail, By Melissa Hoppert, on June 9, 2012 When Mario Gutierrez came from virtually nowhere to ride I’ll Have Another to victory in the Kentucky Derby, Donna Barton Brothers was...