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 ...
A tribute now stands at Churchill Downs, honoring the man who rode into history in the first Kentucky Derby. More than 150 years after winning the first Kentucky Derby at 18 years old, Oliver Lewis is ...
Chicago Cubs embrace thrilling off day at Churchill Downs where Alex Bregman’s horse wins race CINCINNATI — The Chicago Cubs took off-day fun to another level. The team spent Thursday at Churchill ...
Oliver Lewis, the Black jockey who won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, was commemorated with a statue on June 24 at Churchill Downs. Kentucky football head coach Will Stein breaks down loss to ...
CINCINNATI — The Chicago Cubs took off-day fun to another level. The team spent Thursday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., watching horse racing that culminated in third baseman Alex Bregman and ...
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875. On June 24, the Oliver Lewis Foundation and Churchill Downs unveiled a statue of Lewis, donated to the racetrack by his descendants. A journey that ...