When 11-year-old Ah-Seve Mays McFarland unwittingly saw a caricature statue of a Black male jockey outside a Watervliet home, he told his mom, Shamara. The description left her angry.
When 11-year-old Ah-Seve Mays McFarland unwittingly saw a caricature statue of a Black male jockey outside a Watervliet home, he told his mom, Shamara. The description left her angry.
Article by Patrick Lawrence Gilligan: The sport had probably been taking place on small, informal half-mile circuits all around Louisiana, but it was the formation of the Metairie Jockey Club on the outskirts of New Orleans that really launched horseracing in the ‘Pelican State’ and specifically in the New Orleans area.