Khadijah Mellah will ride out at Glorious Goodwood and make history in front of 25,000 people.
The 18-year-old student, who trained at Ebony Horse CLub in Brixton, is believed to be the first person in the
UK to appear in a competitive horse race while wearing a hijab.
She will ride in the all-female Magnolia Cup - an amateur jockey's charity race - alongside former Olympian turned jockey Victoria Pendleton and TV personality
Vogue Williams