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

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

Today¿s Kentucky Derby is a multi-million-dollar spectacle incorporating corporate sponsorship, worldwide media coverage, and an annual citywide festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Over its nearly century-and-a-half, the Kentucky Derby has grown to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year, attracting 150,000 s......
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<p>Today¿s Kentucky Derby is a multi-million-dollar spectacle incorporating corporate sponsorship, worldwide media coverage, and an annual citywide festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Over its nearly century-and-a-half, the Kentucky Derby has grown to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year, attracting 150,000 spectators at the track and nearly 15 million television viewers on the first Saturday each May.</p><p>But 1875, the year of the first Derby, was a different time. The Louisville Jockey Club, which would one day bear the name ¿Churchill Downs,¿ was a small structure that might, on its best day, provide seating and standing room for 12,000 spectators. The grandstand was plain and functional, and included a section reserved for bookmakers, whose trade was legal, and who operated in the open. Perhaps most significantly, the majority of jockeys in the race were Black, in stark contrast to the present-day Derby, where participation by African-Americans is rare.</p><p>In The Fi
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Today’s Kentucky Derby is a multi-million-dollar spectacle incorporating corporate sponsorship, worldwide media coverage, and an annual citywide festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Over its nearly century-and-a-half, the Kentucky Derby has grown to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year, attracting 150,000 spectators at the track and nearly 15 million television viewers on the first Saturday each May.But 1875, the year of the first Derby, was a different time. The Louisville Jockey Club, which would one day bear the name “Churchill Downs,” was a small structure that might, on its best day, provide seating and standing room for 12,000 spectators. The grandstand was plain and functional, and included a section reserved for bookmakers, whose trade was legal, and who operated in the open. Perhaps most significantly, the majority of jockeys in the race were Black, in stark contrast to the present-day Derby, where participation by African-Americans is rare.In The First Kentucky Derby, racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first “Run for the Roses,” 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—a holdover from pre-emancipation days, when slaves would be trained from birth to ride for their wealthy owners, and would grow up surrounded by the horses that would be their life’s work.

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Oppdag historien bak The First Kentucky Derby

Hvem skulle trodd at en liten rød hest skulle endre løpshistorien for alltid? The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win tar deg med på en reise tilbake til 1875, da løpet ble arrangert for første gang. I en tid der Black jockeys dominerte løpene, og svindel var en risiko som krevde mot og kløkt, er denne boka mer enn bare en fortelling om hester—den er en dypdykk i en bortgjemt del av racinghistorien.

Historisk kontekst og betydning

  • Rase og økonomi: Avdekk hvordan det sosiale og økonomiske landskapet påvirket hesteveddeløp.
  • Skandalene: Lær om de mørke sidene ved hesteløp—som raseriet og intrigene som drev løpet.
  • Jockeyene: Møt de tretten svarte jockeyene som sprintet mot seier og deres uutslettelige arv.

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For en morsom og gripende leseropplevelse, vil The First Kentucky Derby ikke skuffe! Boken gir et detaljert innblikk i en tid som var like spennende som den var farlig, som satte racingen på kartet med sine fargesterke karakterer og deres dramatiske historier. Har du noen gang lurt på hva som foregikk bak kulissene i et av Amerikas største sportsarrangementer?

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Med en kombinasjon av historisk nøyaktighet og gripende fortelling, står denne boka som et viktig verk for både sportsentusiaster og historiefans. Du vil bli fascinert av

  • Metodene for opplæring: Hvordan jockeyene ble forberedt til å mestre kunsten av rikstrening.
  • Betydningen av rase: Utforsk hvordan etnisitet formet både løpene og de som deltok.
  • Symbolikken av den lille røde hesten: En metafor for alt som er mulig mot alle odds.

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Ikke gå glipp av sjansen til å oppleve The First Kentucky Derby: en bok som gir deg både spenning og refleksjon. Perfekt for alle som er interessert i sportens historie og vil forstå dybden av vårt samfunns forhold til hesteløp.

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