During the earliest days of the Kentucky Derby more than a dozen of the first winning horses were ridden by black jockeys -- many who'd toiled in horse-stalls as slaves. Their history is little ...

Statistics available from Equibase, a horse racing data provider, show just a handful of the Top 100 money-winning jockeys in the nation in 2024 were Black, including Carmouche, the highest ...

“Black jockeys dominated horse racing ever since the era of European settler colonialism,” said Chris Goodlett, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Kentucky Derby Museum. From the ...

On Saturday, none of the 20 jockeys in the Kentucky Derby, horse racing’s Super Bowl, will be Black. And that’s not surprising. When Kendrick Carmouche, a Black jockey, competed in 2021 ...

LAMONT COLLINS IS THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ROUTES 101. HE TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BLACK JOCKEYS IN HORSE RACING, BUT ALSO HOW AFRICAN-AMERICANS TIES TO HORSE RACING DATE BACK TO AFRICA.

The movie 'Nope' features a clip of a Black jockey on a galloping horse. Eadweard Muybridge, an English photographer, sought to capture horses and other animals in motion. His photos offer a ...

Each shows a Black jockey wearing the silks they had in life ... way the jockeys are crouched up on the front shoulders of the horse. It was amazing what he did." Poole hopes his work helps ...