Aparna Das Battula

For those who have ‘flown’ on a saddle, feeling the wind on their faces and hearing the thundering of hooves, there can be nothing more liberating than the experience. It’s an experience that Aparna Das Battula (23) savours day after day, for she is the first Indian girl to win US jockey licence. Her nascent career track has seen “starts-38, firsts-2, seconds-3, thirds-3”.

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