Moments after piloting Untapable to victory in Friday's Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park, jockey Rosie Napravnik announced her plan to retire from riding races.
The 26-year-old rider, who is married to trainer Joe Sharp, said she and her husband are expecting their first child.
"I've been planning my retirement since I found out that I was pregnant; I'm seven weeks pregnant," Napravnik said. "Joe and I decided this summer to stop trying not to have children, and we didn't know whether it would take a month or a year. It didn't take very long. So it wasn't completely unexpected, and when I found out and I worked out the timing, I said, 'I'll be seven weeks at Breeders' Cup? Perfect.'
"My plan was to wait until after the weekend, and I don't know if I'd won on another horse if I would have said anything, but this filly has just been very special to me and it's a very special way to go out, so I just had to say it since they asked me how much it meant to me."
