During the earliest years of the Kentucky Derby, black jockeys rode most of the winning horses. But then Jim Crow arrived and white jockeys took their place. Now a new generation of African-American sportsmen is helping to honor this untold legacy.
grandstand tickets to the first King’s Plate in over 70 years go on sale to the general public this Saturday, May 6 at 10 a.m., coinciding with King Charles III’s coronation