LOUISVILLE — The stars have aligned for Stuart Janney and his Kentucky Derby-winning horse Orb.

Janney was born in 1948 in Baltimore and now has a chance to complete the second leg of the Triple Crown with a win at the Preakness States on May 18.

“Well, obviously these are very, very important races, and the Preakness is important to me,” Janney said. “I grew up around it, went there all the time. So if he’s – if Orb is doing well, comes out, as (trainer) Shug (McGaughey) says, then obviously that’s the next stop. So that’s great as far as I’m concerned. We thought years ago that we had Coronado’s Quest all geared to go to Baltimore, and unfortunately a day beforehand he decided he wanted to be lame for about six hours. So I think if Orb is right, then we’ll probably be there.”

Orb will now look to become the first winner of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes since Affirmed pulled off the feat in 1978. I’ll Have Another won both the Derby and Preakness last year but did not run in the Belmont.

The 3-year-old colt, who also won the Florida Derby, ran Saturday’s race in 2:02:89 and beat Golden Soul by 2 1/2 lengths.

No luck for Krigger

Kevin Krigger attempted to make race history Saturday, but the native of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands was nowhere close to become the first African-American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby since 1902.

Krigger jockeyed Goldencents, a horse owned by RAP Racing and University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino, lagged behind and finished 17th out of 19 horses.

“I was very comfortable where I was,” Krigger said. “I didn’t want to be up there with that 22-second, 45-second business. He just didn’t get there.”

Jimmy Winkfield, riding Alan-a-Dale to victory in 1902, was the last black jockey to win the event.

Rosie’s ride

Krigger was not the only jockey looking to make headlines Saturday. Rosie Napravnik rode Mylute to a fifth-place finish, four spots short of making her the first female jockey to win the Kentucky Derby.

“I had a really great trip,” she said. “It was an exhilarating feeling at quarter pole knowing that I had a shot. I never wanted to win a photo for third so bad in my life.”

Napravnik, who also raced in the 2011 event and finished ninth aboard Pants on Fire, is just the sixth woman ever to ride in the Derby.

Weather worries

Saturday’s Derby crowd battled heavy showers and chilly winds throughout.

Temperatures stayed in the lower 60s during the afternoon and the steady rain caused a wild and wet scene in the infield.

About 1:30 p.m., the course was officially downgraded to sloppy and 90 minutes later the turf track was downgraded to yielding.

But as fate would have it, the rain ceased at the start of the race, much to the delight of the 151,616 fans in attendance.

Cardinals crash the party

The University of Louisville made its presence known Saturday with a host of separate appearances leading up to the main event.

Not only was the horse Goldencents represented by owner Pitino, but Cardinals football coach Charlie Strong gave the “Riders Up” to signal jockeys to mount their horses, the Louisville marching band played five times – including the playing of “My Old Kentucky Home” – and the garland of roses was walked from the paddock to the winner’s circle by Peyton Siva, Gorgui Dieng and Mike Marra of Louisville’s national championship men’s basketball team.