Add to ORKGIsaac Murphy is not a name commonly known in American Sport, and even among those who follow horse-racing it is not likely to evoke wide recognition. But on this day before the Kentucky Derby it might be worth recalling the career of Isaac Murphy because he was one of the greatest jockeys in the history of the event and one of the greatest jockeys in racing history. Murphy was one of many African-Americans who played a major role in horse-racing in the United States until early in the Twentieth Century when African-Americans were systematically removed from the sport
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James C. Nicholson Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2021 ISBN: 9780813180649 248 p. $26.00 (...
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While horse racing has existed in the United States for hundreds of years, until around fifty years ...
Success in the multi-billion dollar U.S. horse racing industry requires a network of disparate socia...
This paper argues that, in the antebellum United States, many people attended horse races at least a...
American jockeys for most of the nineteenth century were African Americans. It was a dangerous occup...
After losing an 1898 horse race in the Bronx, New York, African-American jockey Alonzo ‘Lonnie’ Clay...
Doing the Derby in Kentucky; The Iditarod revisited; Musher convicted of sled-dog cruelty; Long jou...
The conflicts of the Civil War continued long after the conclusion of the war: jockeys and Thoroughb...
The Kentucky Horse Park describes itself as the world’s only equine theme park. However, the park is...
It is called the greatest two minutes in sport; the run for the roses; and the first leg of the Trip...
James C. Nicholson Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2021 ISBN: 9780813180649 248 p. $26.00 (...
Big Brown\u27s victory at The Preakness yesterday has set the stage for a possible Triple Crown winn...
This thesis explores the complex and interwoven histories of African American representation in phot...
The favor towards the sport activities has long allowed a wide range of sport competition where ani...
From 1865 to 1920, Thoroughbred horse racing matured in Louisiana, developing into a national sport ...
Invented in 1855 by Admiral Rous, the dictatorial handicapper for the English Jockey Club, the weigh...
While horse racing has existed in the United States for hundreds of years, until around fifty years ...
Success in the multi-billion dollar U.S. horse racing industry requires a network of disparate socia...
This paper argues that, in the antebellum United States, many people attended horse races at least a...