History bears out the strong African-American presence in the Kentucky Derby races until the white invasion which spelled doom for the black jockeys. Of the black greats who won the Derby, Alonzo 'Lonnie' Clayton is the youngest, winning the 1892 Kentucky Derby aged a mere fifteen years. Of his exploits, author Edward Hotaling described Clayton...
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