Title:
The first Kentucky Derby : thirteen Black jockeys, one shady owner, and the little red horse that wasn't supposed to win / Mark Shrager.
ISBN:
9781493073344
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Publication Information:
Essex, Connecticut : Eclipse Press, [2023]
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
A blessed event in the bluegrass -- Colonel Clark and the birth of the derby -- Three Black jockeys, seven Kentucky Derby wins -- Inauspicious but promising -- A winner at last -- The rise and fall of the Black jockey in America -- Williamson and Lewis -- Aristides versus Ten Broeck I -- The path to derby day -- "Go on with him, Oliver!" -- Did McGrath really lose? : a possible alternative -- A pawn in McGrath's game? part 1 -- The battle of the United States hotel -- A pawn in McGrath's game? part 2 -- "Keeping the books" -- A lost season -- Catastrophe -- A plaque in the hall of fame? : the case for Aristides.
Summary:
"In The First Kentucky Derby, racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first "Run for the Roses," the unsuccessful plot hatched by the winning horse's owner to fix the race, and the prominent role played by African-Americans in Gilded Age racing culture-a holdover from pre-emancipation days, when slaves would be trained from birth to ride for their wealthy owners, and would grow up surrounded by the horses that would be their life's work"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1351210530
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