Rosie Napravnik

Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb

2013-05-18 17:36:00

No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the...

Race-by-race results from Preakness Day

2013-05-18 17:17:00

Race 1: Jockey Joel Rosario rode Aussi Austin to victory in the first of 13 races on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Bake Shop took second and Pretension finished third in the 1 1/16-mile dirt race. The winner finished in 1:45.23. Bake Shop and...

Orb is horse to beat and has made the rest of Preakness field an afterthought

2013-05-17 13:47:00

Shug McGaughey, the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Orb, attributes his calm demeanor since that race to maturity. Had he made it to the Preakness with a Triple Crown chance at a younger age, the 64-year-old insists, the scene would have been...

Rosie Napravnik believes Mylute can run with Orb in Preakness

2013-05-17 07:53:00

Kentucky Derby winner Orb is the even-money favorite for the Preakness, so the biggest topics leading up to the weekend have, obviously, been about his chances and how to beat him on Saturday. “The jockey was just here," Mylute jockey Rosie...

Napravnik reflects on early days at Pimlico as she prepares for Preakness ride

2013-05-17 16:00:00

Sitting in front of a microphone Friday morning, Rosie Napravnik fielded questions about her first race at Pimlico Race Course while donning a hat from her new sponsor, Snickers Bites. For the 25-year-old jockey, it was a fitting juxtaposition, as she's...

2013 Preakness Day entries and comments from Maryland Jockey Club

2013-05-17 04:52:00

May. 18, Post Time: 10:45AM Entries and comments provided by the Maryland Jockey Club First - Purse $55,000, AOC $25,000-$20,000, 3 yo's & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles Post, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds 1 Aussi Austin, Rosario, R.Rodriguez, 3-1...

Heavy favorite Orb draws the dreaded No. 1 gate for Preakness

2013-05-15 17:50:00

A few low, indecipherable noises escaped from the table where Shug McGaughey, trainer of even-money Preakness favorite Orb, sat during the post-position draw Wednesday. The horse had drawn the dreaded No. 1 gate, meaning eight horses will be closing...

Jockeying for position

2013-05-14 18:49:00

Behind a door just off the paddock area of Pimlico Race Course, several jockeys are prepping for the day's races. They're handicapping the competition, comparing notes on horses and, in at least one case, going through a yoga sequence: reaching back to...

Can Maryland racing draw women to the track?

2013-05-13 07:52:00

I am a female sports fan. I go to games, watch them on TV, download the apps, read the stats, and buy the T-shirts. I recently heard about the launch of a new professional women's soccer league, and I started thinking about the sports to which I am...

Eighth starter Mylute brings Rosie Napravnik to her first Preakness

2013-05-11 13:34:00

An eighth Preakness starter has been named, and he will bring jockey Rosie Napravnik back to the state where her career began to ride for the first time in its premier race. Mylute, fifth at the Kentucky Derby, will run in the 138th Preakness on...

Preakness field coming together slowly

2013-05-10 11:38:00

Some years, Maryland Jockey Club stakes coordinator Coley Blind has to turn horses away from the Preakness.� He and other members of the staff may look through the credentials of 20 horses, calculating their earnings -- the Preakness uses a fairly...

Orb captures 139th Kentucky Derby

2013-05-04 16:52:00

Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said this week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby, a race he has, like any...

Krigger would be the first black rider to win the Preakness since 1898, and will be just the seventh to run in it. He rides Goldencents, trained by last year's Derby and Preakness winner Doug O'Neill.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Jockey Rosie Napravnik could become the first female jockey to win the Preakness when she rides Mylute on Saturday.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Jockey Rosie Napravnik, shown here on Friday, will be aboard Mylute in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

2013-05-17 00:00:00