Apprentice Rider Dylan Davis Winning at Churchill Downs

Apprentice jockey Dylan Davis is making the most of his limited opportunities in his first meet at Churchill Downs and entered Sunday with eight victories from 26 mounts, good enough for 10^th in the jockey standings.

 

“I just came here to do my best and this is what it’s given me,” Davis said. “This is one of the best tracks in the country and I’m pretty blessed because I’m in the standings with guys like Calvin Borel, Robby Albarado and Shaun Bridgmohan. To see my name toward the top of the standings with those guys, it’s amazing.”

 

Davis, 19, is the son of jockey Robbie Davis, who has been aboard 3,382 winners and continues to ride a couple of the horses he trains.

 

“I talk to my dad almost every day and he’s really proud of me,” Davis said.

 

Davis also rides in the evenings at Indiana Downs and has nine victories from 43 starts, which puts him tied for eighth in the jockey standings.

 

“I hope this will help me,” Davis said. “You try to win to show how you can ride. I hope my career can take another step and someday I can be one of the top guys.”

 

Davis is unsure where he will ride at the conclusion of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet, which runs through June 30.