Jazz Napravnik, a licensed steeplechase and flat trainer. She attained her C-3 level in pony club at age seventeen before leaving home to pursue her passion, a career in racing. She has worked for some of the top trainers including, Ken Mc Peak, Ann Merryman, Catherine Robinson on the racetrack as well as Tom Voss, Jack Fisher, Bruce Miller and Lilith Boucher in steeplechasing. At the age of nineteen, in the midst of completing her bachelors degree in Psychology at Towson University, Jazz arranged the breeding of her first homebred, Farah T Salute. After breeding, raising and training the Boy Done Good filly, Jazz sent her out to win in her first start on the flat at Colonial Downs. Farah T Salute would go on to win one more on the flat before switching to Steeplechasing. Over hurdles she is a multiple stakes winner. At eight years old Farah T Salute retired in 2011, sound and sane ready for a new chapter in her life. Jazz has plans to breed her in the future but for now she is enjoying retirement and considering a career in the show ring. Jazz also guided former $5000 claimer, Green Velvet to become a multiple stakes winner, winning the richest filly/mare hurdle stakes race in only her third start over hurdles.
Jazz comes from a background of horsemen.
- Her father is a highly regarded farrier in New Jersey and uses draft horses to pull farm machinery on his organic farm.
- Her mother trains event horses, some of which have retired from racing at Flying Horse Farm and have gone on to successful eventing careers.
- Her younger sister, Rosie Napravnik, is one of the top jockeys in the country and in 2011 was the 6th women to ride in the Kentucky Derby.
Jazz Napravnik prides herself on her honesty and integrity when communicating with her owners about their horses to ensure their enjoyment in the sport. Her unrelenting passion for horses and racing ensures that you and your horses will be given 100% effort.
Being of a new generation of trainers, she is open to different ways of training and focuses on training each horse as an individual with specific needs. Her strong belief that racehorses, although athletes, still have to be treated like horses, not machines, guides her training philosophies. She is not afraid to “think out side the box” and try “off the wall” ideas to get the most out of her horses on race day. Her abundant knowledge from other disciplines also factors into some of her training methods. Her hope is to offer her horses, along with their owners, a unique way of maximizing their performance in a natural and nearly drug free approach.