The First Kentucky Derby - Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win

About the author

Mark Shrager has published some 300 articles about every aspect of horse racing in magazines such as Turf & Sport Digest, American Turf Monthly, and others. His 1974 Turf & Sport Digest article, "1,001 Surefire Ways to Lose a Horse Race," was published in the annual Best Sports Stories anthology. He is the author of The Great Sweepstakes of 1877: A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age Tycoons, and a Race That Galvanized the Nation and Diane Crump: A Horse-Racing Pioneer's Life in the Saddle, which won the 2020 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award for the best book on Thoroughbred racing. He lives in Altadena, CA, and is a three-time Jeopardy! champion.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Shrager
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.03.2026
• EAN: 9781493090303
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-9030-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Guides > Nature > Horses, riding