A statue honoring jockey Oliver Lewis, the Black man who won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 aboard Aristides, was unveiled at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, June 24. Lewis, born a slave in Woodford ...

Oliver Lewis, the Black jockey who won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, was commemorated with a statue on June 24 at ...

Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby. For more than a century, those seven words largely remained as the only fact known about the jockey who rode Aristides to victory in 1875. Now the rider — a ...

As people enter the grounds of Churchill Downs, one of the first things many do is stop and take a picture in front of the Barbaro statue. But why is there a Barbaro statue on the grounds of Churchill ...

Churchill Downs honors first jockey to win Kentucky Derby with statue ...