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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Shrager, Mark, 1948- author.     Subjects     McGrath, Henry Price, 1814-1881.     Aristides (Race horse), 1872-1893.     Kentucky Derby (1st : 1875 : Louisville, Ky.)     Horse racing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Horse racing -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     African American jockeys -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shrager, Mark, 1948- author.       by title:      The first Kentucky D...         MARC Display

The first Kentucky Derby : thirteen Black jockeys, one shady owner, and the little red horse that wasn't supposed to win / Mark Shrager. by Shrager, Mark, 1948- author. Essex, Connecticut : Eclipse Press, [2023] Subjects McGrath, Henry Price, 1814-1881.   Aristides (Race horse), 1872-1893.   Kentucky Derby (1st : 1875 : Louisville, Ky.)   Horse racing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Horse racing -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   African American jockeys -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781493073344 (hardcover) : 1493073346 (hardcover) : Description:  xxxvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 798.40097 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 798.40097 Shrager Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 798.40097 Sh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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