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Kentucky Derby marks 100th anniversary of last Black jockey's victory. (Sports).(Brief Article)
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May 20, 2002
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One hundred years ago, on the first Saturday of this month, was the last time a Black jockey won the Kentucky Derby.
On May 3, 1902, Jimmy Winkfield won the race aboard Alan-a-Dale and entered the winner's circle at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. Winkfield claimed his first Derby victory in 1901 riding His Eminence and still remains one of only four jockeys to win back-to-back Derbys.
Just short of 5 feet tall and never weighing over 115 pounds, Winkfield almost won a third Derby in 1903, but he pulled up too soon and lost by three-quarters of a length.
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