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Pages: 550
Pages: 550
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-22 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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Language: en
Pages: 143
Pages: 143
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-12-03 - Publisher: McFarland
Oliver Lewis was champion jockey of the Kentucky Derby in 1875 with a winning race time of two minutes and 37 seconds. Jockey Willie Simms won in 1896, bringing
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher:
McDaniels explores the extraordinary life and career of one of the nineteenth century's most important exemplars of African American potentiality. Murphy was bo
Language: en
Pages: 168
Pages: 168
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-04-01 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Although it has only been thirty years since the first female jockey rode onto the then male only turf of thoroughbred horse racing, they have since made their
Language: en
Pages: 24
Pages: 24
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Dominic Prince - journalist, documentary maker, racing enthusiast and bon viveur - may have stepped down from his mount to revel in Fleet Street's three-hour lu