The First Kentucky Derby

Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win

By Mark Shrager

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Imprint: Eclipse Press

Racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first “Run for the Roses,” including 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.

$22.95