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Napravnik hopes home-track advantage at Pimlico pays off aboard Bayern in Preakness
• BALTIMORE (AP) -- Rosie Napravnik's roots in Maryland run so deep, many get the impression the highly successful jockey was born there.
• "I grew up in New Jersey," Napravnik said this week, "but as far as the racing world goes, I am from Maryland."
• Napravnik left home as a 16-year-old to live in Maryland with trainer Holly Robinson, who had previously hired Jasmine Napravnik to exercise the horses in her stable.
• "I kept saying, 'Jas, you're such a good rider,'" Robinson recalled. "And Jas said, 'Wait until you see my little sister. She can ride.'"
• Oh, could she ride. Rosie Napravnik soon started getting mounts of her own, and now she's among the best in the business -- male or female. A two-time winner of the Kentucky Oaks and the only woman to ride in all three Triple Crown races, Napravnik finished in the top 10 in earnings nationally in each of the past two years and is currently the leading money winner at prestigious Churchill Downs.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Friday, May 16, the 136th day of 2014. There are 229 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented. "Wings" won "best production," while Emil Jannings (YAHN'-ings) and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.
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• On this date:
• In 1763, the English lexicographer, author and wit Samuel Johnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell.
• In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
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