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The last in a series of great African-American jockeys who won the Kentucky Derby, Jimmy Winkfield went on to achieve fame and fortune across Europe in a career that reads like a gripping novel – or a tale best told by cinema.
Winkfield was the...

When thinking of Triple Crown winners, the mind often travels to those of the 1970s, namely Secretariat. But a quarter of a century before the big red colt hailing from Meadow Stud took the world by storm, there was a horse who had just the same become...

The Kentucky Derby is often called the “Super Bowl” of horse racing, but just how much do the events have in common? Before we get to the major points, here are a few intriguing tidbits about the grandest stages of them all:

The 2018 Kentucky...