"Black jockeys dominated horse racing ever since the era of European settler colonialism," said Chris Goodlett, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Kentucky Derby Museum.

After decades of being the best of the best at their sport, historians for the Kentucky Derby Museum said the Jim Crow and segregation era pushed black people out of horse racing.

(LEX 18) — Every horse running in the Kentucky Derby has its unique story. Those stories include the people behind them, from the owners to the breeders and trainers. There's one horse that's ...

At the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, a tour (which also covers the adjacent Churchill Downs racetrack) reveals the proud legacy of Kentucky's Black equestrians.

There won’t be any Black jockeys in the Kentucky Derby. That’s not new. Black jockeys dominated 19th-century American horse racing, but racism chased them away, and undoing that damage has ...

Larry Demeritte is just the second Black trainer since 1951 to saddle a horse for the Kentucky Derby Larry Demeritte has run horses on Kentucky Derby Day in the past, just never in the big race.

Black jockeys, trainers and grooms were key players in the earliest years of the Kentucky Derby. Here are some history facts you may not know.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Larry Demeritte, the first Black trainer to participate in the Kentucky Derby since 1989.

Larry Demeritte is the second Black trainer since 1951 to be saddling a horse in the Kentucky Derby.

We're honoring the Black jockeys and trainers that made the Kentucky Derby what it is today.

Lorin Chasar at the Kentucky Derby (photo credit Sultan Zeshan) Illustrator Lorin Chasar was surprised to know Black jockeys were involved in the inception of the Kentucky Derby.

At the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, a tour (which also covers the adjacent Churchill Downs racetrack) reveals the proud legacy of Kentucky's Black equestrians.