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Kendrick Carmouche has a chance to become the first Black jockey in 119 years to win the Kentucky Derby.

Black jockey hopes to be first in 119 years to win Kentucky Derby Kendrick Carmouche has a chance to become the first Black jockey in 119 years to win the Kentucky Derby. Share Updated: 8:24 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021 Black jockey hopes to be first in 119 years to win Kentucky Derby Kendrick Carmouche has a chance to become the first Black jockey in 119 years to win the Kentucky Derby. Share Updated: 8:24 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AFRICAN-AMERICAN...

Jockey Kendrick Carmouche after winning the Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World aboard 72.25-1 longshot Bourbonic April 3 at Aqueduct. (Eclipse Sportswire) Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers, and jockeys for America’s Best Racing as they travel the Road to the 147th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1 at Churchill Downs. Kendrick Carmouche, one of the few prominent African-American jockeys in the country, is featured this week. The native of V...

Bourbonic, Dynamic One Light Up Tote Board As Pletcher Longshots Run 1-2 In Wood Memorial Sponsored by: Bourbonic and Kendrick Carmouche are up in the final strides to beat Todd Pletcher stablemate Dynamic One in the Wood Memorial Trainer Todd Pletcher has saddled the most Grade 1 Kentucky Derby starters in history. With almost a month until the 2021 “Run for the Roses” on May 1, the veteran conditioner could add to that total thanks to a pair of upset efforts on Saturday at Aqued...

Sponsored by: Sleepy Eyes Todd post-morning training at Meydan Thumbs Up Racings Sleepy Eyes Todd continues to grow his fanbase heading into the toughest test of his career, the 10-furlong, $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) on March 27. While his propensity to pose for the morning racing media and genuine nature around the barn have earned him points with onlookers and horsemen, alike, it is his grit and consistency that flock favor to those only aware of his performance record. All of...

Handicapper Deicke Hoping To Rise To Gotham Challenge Sponsored by: Ed Deicke, a 54-year-old financial advisor from Lido Beach, New York, has turned a lifelong love of horse racing into a potentially lucrative hobby as a prominent player on the National Horseplayers Championship [NHC] tour. “I do mostly retirement planning. Its all Ive ever done and I really do love it,” said Deicke, who also serves as a mentor for prospective NHC players. “The market has its ups and downs and m...

Photo: Carolyn Simancik / Eclipse Sportswire It looks like the third time indeed will be the charm for the 2021 debuts of Brad Cox stars Essential Quality and Monomoy Girl. After weather-related postponements the last two weeks, Oaklawn is scheduled Saturday to hold the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes — a Kentucky Derby points prep pitching Essential Quality against Jackies Warrior, Keepmeinmind and Spielberg — and the Bayakoa (G3) on Sunday, with champion older dirt female Monomoy Girl ma...

Sponsored by: True Timber is 5 1/2 lengths clear at the wire in the Cigar Mile Trainer Jack Sisterson revealed via Twitter on Wednesday that Grade 1 Cigar Mile winner True Timber will be forced to miss this Saturdays G1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park. The 7-year-old son of Mineshaft came up “slightly off” after training on Wednesday, Sisterson wrote, and the trainer “elected to defer to caution and not compete in the Pegasus.” Sisterson added: “Although it would have b...

True Timber bids to make rising star Jack Sisterson the pride of Durham Tue 19 Jan 2021 Trainer Jack Sisterson may be best known in his adopted America – but should True Timber win the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park this weekend, the County Durham native could become pretty famous ‘back home’ too. Sisterson, 36, arrived in Louisville on a football scholarship, and now finds himself one of the rising stars of US racing. True Timber helped raise his profile when winning the C...

Sponsored by: Kendrick Carmouche celebrates his first Grade 1 victory aboard Cigar Mile winner True Timber Calumet Farms True Timber took trainer Jack Sisterson by surprise Saturday morning during his five-furlong breeze in preparation for a third start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (Grade 1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Working in company with multiple-stakes winner American Tattoo, True Timber covered five furlongs in 1:00.20 under exercise...