Rosie Napravnik’s brief riding career brought her two Kentucky Oaks wins, two Breeders’ Cup victories and notoriety as one of America’s most successful female jockeys.

Life after riding has been pretty good for the 28-year-old, too.

Napravnik was in Bowling Green on Thursday at the Club at Olde Stone, speaking at a women’s luncheon about her riding career.

Napravnik announced she was pregnant and then retired from riding at age 26 after winning the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Distaff aboard Untapable.

Now 28, she and husband Joe Sharp, a horse trainer, have a 10-month-old son named Carson and another son due in August.

Napravnik and Carson spend most of their time around the horses Sharp trains, with her working as his main assistant. She said she’ll continue in that role until she feels it’s time to take maternity leave for her second son’s birth.

“For now I’m in the barn every day and I really enjoy that,” Napravnik said in an interview before her speech. “… People ask me if I miss it, but I really haven’t had a chance to yet.

“I still have all the stimulation of the racing atmosphere and getting in the winner’s circle all the time. It’s been really fun.”

Napravnik was on top of the horse racing game at the time of her retirement two years ago.

When Napravnik stepped away from the sport, she’d been ranked among the top 10 in earnings for three straight years and was the highest-ranked female jockey in North America.

Napravnik retired with 1,877 career wins. Those victories included the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile aboard Shanghai Bobby and the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Untapable.

Napravnik also took the 2012 Kentucky Oaks aboard Believe You Can – becoming the first female jockey to win the Oaks – and the 2014 Kentucky Oaks with Untapable.

“I had an amazing career,” Napravnik said. “Overall it was sort of a short career, relatively.

“But I had some amazing experiences and was fortunate to really experience the best of racing – riding in the (Kentucky) Derby three times, winning the Oaks was definitely a highlight. I have just had so many great experiences in racing and I’m very, very appreciative of all of the things I was able to accomplish.”

Now Napravnik stays involved in racing by working alongside Sharp, who established his own stable in 2014 after several years of working as an assistant to trainer Mike Maker.

Napravnik and her husband are running horses at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington this month and will transition to Churchill Downs when that meet begins April 30.

“I wish we had a horse in the Derby this year,” Napravnik said. “We don’t, but hopefully next year. …

“He’s got some 2-year-olds coming in and it’s like unwrapping Christmas presents every spring. We’re excited about that and the Derby coming up.”

Napravnik pointed to Mohaymen and Nyquist as “the standouts” for the 142nd Kentucky Derby, which will be run May 7 at Churchill.

Those two horses dueled April 2 in the Florida Derby, with the Doug O’Neill-trained Nyquist pulling away in the stretch for a victory.

Gun Runner leads the Road to the Derby point standings, followed by Nyquist, Exaggerator, Outwork and Brody’s Cause.

“It’s a very solid field this year,” Napravnik said. “Derby time every year, you’re trying to keep track of everybody, where they’re prepping and it all comes together with all that anticipation, so it’s really exciting.”

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