When Black Jockeys Dominated the Derby

Go to a racetrack today and you might be hard-pressed to see black jockeys. There are a few, but not many. People might think horse racing is a sport that never much included black athletes but they would be wrong. In fact, there was a time when black jockeys dominated the sport and rode off with a number of wins in the greatest race of all, the Kentucky Derby. Black jockeys ran in races all the way back to colonial times after the British came to America and brought with them their passion for the sport. When President Andrew was […]