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One of the greatest events in sports is the Kentucky Derby, which will be run Saturday for the 149th time. One past champion was bred in Macoupin County.
Black jockeys - Isaac Murphy foremost among them - won 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derby crowns, as they tested the limits of freedom during Reconstruction.