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Former jockey Rosie Napravnik appears to have settled into her new role as horse trainer and mom. She and husband Joe Sharp are preparing Girvin for the Kentucky Derby.

After giving up her riding career to become a mom, husband and trainer Joe Sharp announces that Rosie Napravnik delivers a baby boy, Carson Wayne Sharp.

It will take a lot of bad luck in the 2015 Preakness for American Pharoah to have a bad run and not win, experts say.

Former star jockey Rosie Napravnik abruptly retired and announced she was pregnant with her first child last fall. With Preakness 2015 approaching, this former star of the Maryland racing circuit says she's never been happier.

Mike Shawaryn earned his 21st career victory to break the Maryland's all-time record as the No. 20 Terps defeated Purdue, 12-3, in Game 1 of a doubleheader Friday night.

Forest Boyce, who has won nearly 350 races in Maryland during the past five years, will move her tack to Fair Grounds for the winter after receiving a call from recently retired rider Rosie Napravnik.

Jockey Rosie Napravnik reportedly will be sidelined four to six weeks after injuring her shoulder when the 4-year-old filly Socialbug was fatally injured during a workout Sunday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome breezed a half-mile in 47.69 seconds Saturday morning in his final serious move before the Belmont Stakes.

Fuller, now a retired jockey, was among eight retired female jockeys to participate in the fifth and final running of the Lady for Legends for the Cure race on Friday. The race began in 2010 for breast cancer awareness and female empowerment in horse racing.

Tom Chuckas, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club, said Saturday that he would like to see horse racing's Triple Crown events played out over two months, not five weeks.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown attended Preakness Day as an "official state function" rather than a campaign event. He may be duty-bound to attend Maryland¿s signature horse-racing event, but that didn¿t prevent Brown and his wife, Karmen, from having some fun.

Most riders accept the risk of injury in a business that could hardly be more hazardous. While tracks provide jockeys with insurance coverage, there is no long-term care. The Jockeys' Guild says one in five jockeys gets injured and misses work in a given year.

Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer of Preakness entry Bayern, hopes his horse has more luck in Baltimore than Bodemeister did at Pimlico two years ago.

Ride on Curlin finished a distant seventh in the Kentucky Derby, yet he was treated like a rock star Monday on his trip from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to Pimlico Race Course.

When Rosie Napravnik ventures to Pimlico Race Course to ride Bayern in Saturday's 139th running of the Preakness, the 26-year-old riding star can expect an emotional homecoming.

Heavy favorite Untapable blazed to victory in the Kentucky Oaks Friday, a triumph for jockey Rosie Napravnik and controversial trainer Steve Asmussen.

Untapable is an overwhelming Kentucky Oaks favorite, and the question around Churchill Downs hasn't been if Steve Asmussen's horse will win, but by how much.

Trainer Art Sherman is saddling California Chrome, the favorite in Saturday's 140th Kentucky Derby.

Trainer Mike Maker could have as big a say as anyone in determining the winner of Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Prominent Maryland trainer Richard "Dickie" Small, who conditioned 1994 Breeders¿ Cup Classic winner Concern, died late Friday night after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

The Kentucky Derby field is still taking shape. Here are a few horses to keep an eye on as we draw near Triple Crown season.

Immortal Eyes wins the $350,000 Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash over the sloppy track Saturday at Laurel Park at the Fall Festival of Racing.

Economic impact would likely exceed $50 million if Baltimore hosted 2016 MLB All-Star game

Janney anxious to see his colt get a chance to run; Preakness winner Oxbow third choice

After her two previous mounts pulled out of the Belmont Stakes, jockey Rosie Napravnik will ride trainer Todd Pletcher's filly Unlimited Budget in attempt to make history Saturday.

Rosie Napravnik will get another shot at history in the Belmont Stakes -- just aboard a different horse than in her previous two Triple Crown races.

No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course and waited out a mid-afternoon downpour to see Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to win the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

In a foreshadow to the Preakness, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens got their first victories of the day in the Dixie Stakes.

Rosie Napravnik says winning the Preakness at Pimlico would be a "personal accomplishment" on par with winning the sport's biggest race, the Kentucky Derby.

There's a reason Shug McGaughey has remained unshackled by concern leading up to the Preakness: Orb.

Former Maryland jockey Rosie Napravnik returns to Pimlico as third woman to ride in Preakness

See the horses expected to run in the 13 races on 2013 Preakness Day, as well as comments from Pimlico Race Course handicapper Frank Carulli.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb drew the No. 1 post and was named the 1-1 morning line favorite for Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.

With the success of Kentucky Derby and Preakness jockey Rosie Napravnik, the spotlight is on women who are rising through the traditionally male ranks of thoroughbred racing

Sports like NASCAR have made concerted, and effective, efforts to grow their female fan base. Can Maryland horse racing do the same thing?

Napravnik, a rising national star, began her career as a 17-year-old in Maryland

Kentucky Derby winner Orb unlikely to face full 14-horse field

Baltimore swimmer Michael Phelps trails only quarterback Tim Tebow in influence

"Amazing! A day for the ages," was the way Mike Pons put it about an hour after Orb, the son of the onetime Harford County based stallion Malibu Moon, stayed off a blistering early pace and out of trouble on a sloppy track and then blew away the rest of field to capture the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville Saturday.

The colt is one of five horses pointed definitely toward the second leg of the Triple Crown, including Derby winner Orb. At least a dozen other horses are under consideration. The 14-horse field is likely to shift as trainers and owners evaluate their options, but here¿s a look at the possible entrants.

Orb comes from behind to capture the 139th Kentucky Derby down the stretch

So, the 5,749 race fans at Old Hilltop truly got the best of both worlds, kicking off the two-week run-up to the Preakness with a full card of live racing and the opportunity to place their bets and try to choose the horse that will come to Baltimore with hope still alive for horse racing's biggest prize.

Agent Peter Carlisle has put Rosie Napravnik on the Phelps plan. He's already signed a deal for the female jockey to endorse Snickers.

Orb drew the No. 16 post Wednesday for Saturday's 139th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Twenty horses should race for the chance to win the Kentucky Derby and chase just the 12th Triple Crown of all time

CBS '60 Minutes' will feature a report Sunday night on Rosie Napravnik, the 25-year-old jockey who will be the only female riding in the Kentucky Derby.