Category: AFRICAN AMERICAN

Crisler grabs Corbin Title

  Crisler grabs Corbin title 29 July 2021 Photo (Amanda Stephens photo) LEXINGTON, KY- Harness racing driver Randy Crisler captured the Corbin at The Red Mile meet driving title with … Read More

Ed Brown Society helping people learn about African-American contributions to horse racing By WKYT News Staff Published: Apr. 28, 2021, at 4:41 PM EDT LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Two trailblazers … Read More

Horse racing pushed out Black jockeys, trainers and owners. But one owner is pushing back Oct. 02, 2020 SPORTS The Kentucky Derby in 2014. The Derby usually happens in spring, but … Read More

Greg Harbut Following Family Footsteps to Kentucky Derby With Necker Island THE LIFE August 28th, 2020 BY Alicia Wincze-Hughes Greg Harbut, pictured above with Grade 1 winner Tell a Kelly, and partners … Read More

DeWayne Minor, Horse Racing Pioneer And First Black “Hambletonian” Driver, By AL MARTIN • DEC 7, 2019 DeWayne Minor, now a horse trainer in Florida, became the first African-American driver in the richest … Read More

LEWIS D. WILLIAMS Year of Birth: 1947 Inducted as a: 2009 Immortal: Yes DriverTrainer: Yes Elected as Immortal: 2008 Year of Death: 1989 Biography: Lewis D. Williams, a native of … Read More

Montrell Teague From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Montrell Teague (born January 2, 1991) is an American harness racing driver. He won the 2015 Dan Patch Rising Star Award at the age of 24 after winning the Little … Read More

Thoroughbred Jockey  From Barbados  I work hard, leave it all on the track & love what I do  Oaklawn: Rocco Bowen, 100% Healthy Again, Pictures Big Things In His Future … Read More

Isaac Murphy was born on April 16, 1861, as Isaac Burns near Frankfort, Kentucky on a farm to parents James Burns and a mother whose name is unknown.  Murphy was … Read More

‘I’ll Be Back, Better Than Ever’: Broken Ankle Sidelines Kendrick Carmouche SPONSORED BY:Darby Dan by NYRA Press Office | 06.06.2021 | 3:25pm Kendrick Carmouche Jockey Kendrick Carmouche was his usual … Read More

Willie Simms: In the 1890s, Simms became the first (and only) Black jockey to win all the American Triple Crown races, winning the Kentucky Derby (in 1896 and 1898), Preakness … Read More

Eliza Carpenter, the Black Jockey Who Made Horse Racing History BY MAC CAREY MARCH 29, 2021 Eliza Carpenter was among the racers in the Land Run of 1893. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS … Read More

James Winkfield (April 12, c. 1880–1882[1] – March 23, 1974) was a Thoroughbred jockey and horse trainer from Kentucky, best remembered as the last African American to ride a winner … Read More

Jimmy Winkfield was a black jockey who rose to national prominence with his riding skills; he won the Kentucky Derby in 1901 and 1902, the first jockey to win America’s … Read More

How the First Black Female Jockey Rode Into Oblivion Fifty years ago, Cheryl White became America’s first licensed Black female jockey when she was just 17 years old. So why … Read More

2020 AND 2021 GEORGE WOOLF AWARD WINNERS LUIS M. QUINONES AND DESHAWN PARKER May 16, 2021 2020-2021 WOOLF AWARD CEREMONY JOCKEY QUOTES             2020 LUIS M. QUINONES, WOOLF AWARD WINNER: … Read More

Churchill Downs Inc. Names Katherine Armstrong VP Of Culture by Press Release | 05.06.2021 | 5:39pm Churchill Downs Incorporated announced on Thursday that Katherine Armstrong had been hired as the company’s vice … Read More

James “Soup” Perkins BIRTH 1880 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 1911 (aged 30–31) Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada BURIAL African Cemetery #2 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 84956913 · View Source James … Read More