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The 15: How Black Jockeys Built and Won the First Kentucky Derby
13 of the 15 jockeys in the very first Kentucky Derby in 1875 were Black men. Black jockeys won 15 of the first 28 Derbies. So why can't you name one?
In this episode of Sankofa Chronicles, Mr. Black History goes back to get the erased history of Black jockeys and the Kentucky Derby. From Oliver Lewis winning the first Derby on Aristides, trained by formerly enslaved horseman Ansel Williamson, to Isaac Burns Murphy - the 3-time Derby winner with a 44% win rate that has never been equaled - to Jimmy Winkfield, the last Black jockey to win the Derby in 1901 and 1902 before being pushed out.
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