On Saturday, Feb. 24, retired jockey and horse advocate Rosie Napravnik will be on site at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to spearhead the fourth annual "New Vocations Day at the Races." ...

On Feb. 22, retired jockey and horse advocate Rosie Napravnik will be on-site at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to spearhead the fifth annual "New Vocations Day at the Races." ...

On Saturday, Feb. 24, retired jockey and horse advocate Rosie Napravnik will be on site at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to spearhead the fourth annual “New Vocations Day at the Races.” ...

On Saturday, Feb. 22, retired jockey and horse advocate Rosie Napravnik will be on site at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to spearhead the fifth annual “New Vocations Day at the Races.” ...

Rosie Napravnik: Pants On Fire (ninth place in 2011), Mylute (fifth place in 2013), Vicar’s in Trouble (19th place in 2014). 2024 Kentucky Derby When: Saturday, May 4 Post time: 6:57 p.m.

Jockey Rosie Napravnik being awarded the Garland of Lilies after winning the Kentucky Oaks. Still, with the right to ride secured, the first female jockeys charted a path for future generations.

Nine years later, Rosie Napravnik is one of the rising stars in the sport, having long ago discarded her ruse. Now the 26-year-old from New Jersey will try to make history this weekend and become ...

Everybody who knew anything about horse racing said Mucho Macho Man would walk away with the Louisiana Derby March 26. But 23-year-old jockey Rosie Napravnik had other ideas.

NEW ORLEANS— In an opening-day upset, Rosie Napravnik, the top female jockey in the United States, rode 5-year-old Delaunay to victory Thursday in the 87th running of the Thanksgiving Handicap ...

Untapable polished off an impressive year with a 1 1/4-length victory Friday in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, making Rosie Napravnik the first female jockey to win the $2 million race in its 31-year ...

Rosie Napravnik celebrates after riding Untapable to victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race at Santa Anita Park Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ...