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In “High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” Tina Knowles opens up about being pushed aside for a white couple on the…
Demeritte is the second Black trainer since 1951 to be saddling a Derby horse on Saturday. The other, Hank Allen,…
Black jockeys won 15 of 28 Kentucky Derbys. But then Jim Crow, segregation and more Latino hires changed the landscape.
A federal jury found John F. Johnson, who goes by “Grandmaster Jay,” guilty of multiple charges linked to protests two…
Her family's lawyer and his wife own Breonna, and the couple watched Thurby with Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, at his…
Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
Greg Harbut said there's "no way" he could have boycotted the race and not bring awareness to Black contributions to…
One group of protesters yelled, "Breonna Taylor" while the group of about 200 pro-police demonstrators yelled, "Back the Blue," in…
theGRIO'S 100 - Last year, Kevin Krigger became just the second black jockey since 1921 to compete in the Kentucky…
theGRIO REPORT - Krigger could become the first black jockey to win the Derby in over a century. One hundred…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kevin Krigger, the first black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2000, will be aboard Doug…