Believe You Can is the Kentucky Oaks Champion; Napravnik Makes History

By Rick Howlett

Published May 5, 2012 at 1:10 AM EDT

Believe You Can has won the 2012 Kentucky Oaks. With jockey Rosie Napravnik aboard, the filly finished just ahead of Broadway’s Alibi. Napravnik is the first female to ride a Kentucky Oaks winner.Grace Hall, the early favorite, was third.The rain-delayed race was run before 112,552 fans Churchill Downs, the second-largest Oaks crowd.

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Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.

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