Afro-Americans were common in the Kentucky Derby.

[mac2]

They won many races at the Derby. Why not today?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Derby

They did race two and three year olds way back. No three year old won the race before winning as a two year old.

I'm still not sure what that track was dirt or sand or combination.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Comparing humans to horses? I smell granite in your future.

[IndianaJones]

2. African American jockeys I believe. nt.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. .........with your choice of font.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Gothic is nice.

[devilgrrl]

3. Yeah whatever...

:wtf:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. excuse me

:wtf:

[Renaissance Man]

6. African-Americans and the KY Derby

This is an easy question to answer. An African-American won the Kentucky Derby in its first running. After 1921, there was no African-American jockey in the Derby until 2000, when Marlon St. Julien entered the Derby.

St. Julien is my uncle (by marriage).

[mac2]

7. Good to know.

[Buzz Clik]

9. If this thread is intended to be about jockeys, it certainly was poorly worded.

For example, Big Brown is a horse, not a jockey, and was ridden by Kent Desormeaux



Were there any African-American jockeys in the race this year? A quick glance through the photos is a bit inconclusive, but it seems not.