Born: March 18, 1940, in Sonoma, Calif.,

Resident: Arcadia, Calif.

Training Backgound:Daughter of noted northwestern trainer James Walsh, who taught her the ropes from the age of 8 ... Had an assistant trainer's license from 1962, and took out her own in 1970, when she took over training her father's stable on his death

Training Career: Leading trainer at Longacres Park in Washington State four times in the 1970s ...  First female to win a training title ... Took a break from training during her marriage from 1980-1985, and resumed training at the Midwest tracks (Chicago and Minnesota) before relocating to California permanently ... Won the Tacoma Handicap (at Longacres) three times, in '72, '82 and '92 ... Breeders' Cup starter: Boundless Moment, ninth in the 1996 Sprint ... Kentucky Derby starter: Hanuman Highway, seventh in 1998 ... First graded stakes winner was Evening Promise who won the Monrovia Handicap in 2000. In that same year Evening Promise also won the Las Cienegas and Senator Ken Maddy handicaps ... First grade I winner was in the 2001 Santa Monica Handicap with Nany's Sweep

Other stakes winners she has trained include Brass Knight, Cascade Katie, Pelegrin Sands, Scorned Timber, Ice in Space, Havadasher, Whoa Boy, Auguste (winner of the Canadian Derby), Tilt the Balance, Little Joker, Boundless Moment, Turbolaunch, Islay Mist, Blazonry, and Staff Riot