Aristides won the very first Kentucky Derby, but history also remembers the colt’s jockey: Oliver Lewis, a Black jockey from ...
OUR QUESTION THIS WEEK IS HAS A BLACK JOCKEY EVER WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES. IT WAS OLIVER LEWIS IN 1875. AT THAT TIME, THE SPORT WAS DOMINATED BY BLACK HORSEMEN.
Saturday’s Risen Star (G2) is the first Kentucky Derby qualifier of the year worth 50-25-15-10-5 points to the top five ...
In a question-and-answer session with ABR's Tom Pedulla, owner Richard Rigney discusses why he struck out on his own with ...
Saturday’s “Louisiana Derby Preview Day” at Fair Grounds serves as a pivotal point on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks ...
We're inside the 13-week mark to the GI Kentucky Derby with no seismic changes to the running order at this early stage of the season. The rankings are fairly evenly distributed among contenders based ...
It’s been 20 years now since I first started covering the Kentucky Derby as a journalist, and back then the Infield was a very different place. On June 3, Hernandez’s Oaks day jockey pants will go to ...
For those horseplayers who took a slight detour to focus their betting expertise on the Super Bowl, it’s time to get back to business of picking winners this weekend in Kentucky Derby (G1) ...
Canterbury Park’s leading rider Dean Butler rode the favorites to victory in a pair of $60,000 stakes, the Minnesota Oaks and Minnesota Derby Saturday. Chick Fight, trained by Mac Robertson ...