african american jockeys

A biography of Jimmy Winkfield, the last African-American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby, discussing the challenges he faced in the course of becoming one of the sport's best jockeys and trainers in the U.S., Russia, and France in the early twentieth-century.

Tells the life story of African-American jockey Jimmy Winkfield, discussing his childhood in Kentucky, his successes in the early twentieth century, his ostracism by American stable owners, and his decades of racing in Europe, made turbulent by two world wars.

Traces the life and career of Jimmy Winkfield, the last African American ever to win the Kentucky Derby. Features full-color illustrations, easy-to-read text, and an afterword.

See how one offer to ride a horse changed Isaac Murphy's life and gave him the chance to become one of the greatest jockeys of all time.