Keep it in the Family

Jackie Davis, apprentice rider ( raymond )

Congrats to New York Bug Jockey Jackie Davis who got her first win today on a 64-1 shot Blue Hill Bay.

Jacqueline Davis, the 21-year-old daughter of retired jockey Robbie Davis, earned her first career victory at Aqueduct on Wednesday, guiding Blue Hill Bay ($131) to a front-running victory in a $35,000 claiming race on the turf. She won her first race in her 33rd mount.

Davis is a graduate of the inaugural class of Chris McCarron’s North American Racing Academy, based in Lexington, Ky.

Be sure to check out this set of photos on flickr of her and her family preparing for her first race this summer at Saratoga. Highlights include Castellano and Johhny V helping her out with her silks, chatting with The Chief on his golf cart, posing with the gang before the race and being congratulated by dad after the race. Great stuff!