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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 17, 2013
Kevin Krigger, 29, will be the second black jockey to compete in the race since 1921.
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by Richard T. Watkins onMay 3, 2011
The disappearance of black jockeys from the Kentucky Derby and other races was no accident. A report from 1900 details a conspiracy to shut them out.
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