Hello! Magazine UK – 19 August 2019

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elebritiesincludingDJandTVpresenter

VogueWilliamsandOlympicgoldmedal-

winningformercyclistVictoriaPendleton

saddled upto competein theall-female

MagnoliaCupattheQatarGoodwoodFestival

lastweek,butfirstpastthepostwas18-year-old

KhadijahMellah,whohadneverevensatona

racehorsebeforeApril.

“Therearenowordstodescribeit,”beamed

thePeckham-bornstudent,whoplanstobegin

adingmechanical

gineering at

niversity later

is year.

Khadijah,whois

elievedtobethe

st jockeytoracein

hijabintheUK,

arnedtorideat

bonyHorseClub,

hereshehasbeen

memberforfive

earsandofwhich

he Duchess of

Cornwallis patron.

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f theDuchessof

ussex, whom

he describesas

groundbreaking”,

herjourneyfrom

South London

to the winners’

enclosure isthe

subjectofa documentary,

broadcastonITVintheau

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inthesameraceasVictoria

tobeatherandtherestof

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RUNNINGA GOODRAC

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ofbusiness,sport,fashion,

cheeredon byhernum

husbandSpencerMatthew

“Heoffersmewordsofe

time,”Vogueexclusivelytold

race,heldin aidof charityW

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timereally,reallyexcited.I

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onenextmonth,at homef

TheMagnoliaCupis a

Day,whichattracteda ple

faces,includingTVperso

Toffolo,whowasworkinga

GreatBritishRacing,and

presenterCharlotteHawk

theITVracingteam.

Charlotteposteda photo

withKhadijah,writing

history...Suchaninspirati

18...Hugewelldone.”

REPORT:ALEXAN

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD

MAKES HER JOCKEY DEBUT

BUT IS PIPPED TO THE POST

VOGUE WILLIAMS

Vogue enjoys

the delights of

Ladies Day at

Goodwood

after making

her jockey

debut in the

Magnolia

Cup – ridden

by women

jockeys

only – on

six-year-old

The Magic

Sign (right)

Cupwinner Khadijah Mellah, 18, celebratesonhermount,Ha

rstUK jockey to have competed while wearinga hijab,shesa

hess of Sussex, who “has made history intheroyalfamily”as

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