Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 13
STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer
April 27, 2021
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Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche on Saturday will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and is just one of a handful over the past century.
Carmouche is now one of the few remaining Black jockeys in the U.S. Much like Marlon St. Julien in 2000, Patrick Husbands in 2006 and Kevin Krigger in 2013, his presence in horse racing’s biggest event is a reminder of how the industry marginalized Black jockeys to the point they all but disappeared from the sport.
Kendrick Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 2013
This photo provided by NYRA shows Kendrick Carmouche smiling in the paddock at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Queens borough of New York on Jan. 24, 2020. Carmouche is set to ride Bourbonic in the Kentucky Derby, the first Black jockey in the race since 2013. (NYRA Photos/Coaglianese via AP)
FILE - Jockey Patrick Husbands aboard Sealy Hill, right, wins by a neck against Panty Raid ridden by Edgar Prado, in the Bourbonette Breeders Cup horse race at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., in this Saturday, March 24, 2007, file photo. Husbands, who is from Barbados, rode Seaside Retreat in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Kendrick Carmouche, on Saturday, May 1, 2021, will be the first Black Jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and just the fourth in the past century. (AP Photo/David. David Kohl
Carmouche to be first Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 13
Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport. On Saturday, Carmouche will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and is just one of a handful over the past century.
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Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche on Saturday will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and is just one of a handful over the past century.
Apr 28, 2021 1:33 PM EDT
Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche on Saturday will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 and is just one of a handful over the past century.
Carmouche is now one of the few remaining Black jockeys in the U.S. Much like Marlon St. Julien in 2000, Patrick Husbands in 2006 and Kevin Krigger in 2013, his presence in horse racing’s biggest event is a reminder of how the industry marginalized Black jockeys to the point they all but disappeared from the sport.