Jimmy Winkfield - Wikipedia
James Winkfield (April 12, c. 1880–1882 [1] – March 23, 1974) was a Thoroughbred jockey and horse trainer from Kentucky, best remembered as the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby (1902).
The Epic Journey of James ‘Wink’ Winkfield - America's Best Racing
2024年2月3日 · In 1919, Winkfield escaped the Bolsheviks’ thundering cannon fire leading 250 top-tier Thoroughbreds, Polish noblemen, and horsemen on a harrowing 1,100-mile journey to a safe haven in Warsaw. Winkfield resurrected his career in France in 1922.
James Winkfield | African American Jockey & Kentucky Derby …
James Winkfield was an American jockey, the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby. In 1898 Winkfield’s first race ended quickly with a four-horse tumble out of the gate that earned him a one-year suspension.
James Winkfield | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Jimmy Winkfield became only the second jockey to win consecutive editions of the Kentucky Derby, achieving the feat with His Eminence in 1901 and Alan-a-Dale in 1902. Born in Chilesburg, Kentucky, in 1882, Winkfield won 161 races in 1901, including the Clark Handicap, Latonia Derby, and Tennessee Derby.
The Kentucky Derby’s Forgotten Jockeys | Smithsonian
2009年4月23日 · James Winkfield was a two-time Kentucky Derby winner and raced across Europe after racism kept him from being the best athlete in America's most popular sport.
The Last Black Jockey to Win the Kentucky Derby:James Winkfield
Between 1900 and 1903, jockey James Winkfield rode in four consecutive Kentucky Derbies. He finished third, first, first, and second. In 1901 alone, he won somewhere between 160 and 220 races (depending on the source).
Historical Jockey Profile: Jimmy Winkfield | Kentucky Derby
2020年8月10日 · The last in a series of great African-American jockeys who won the Kentucky Derby, Jimmy Winkfield went on to achieve fame and fortune across Europe in a career that reads like a gripping novel – or a tale best told by cinema.
The extraordinary life of Jimmy Winkfield - NYRA
2023年2月9日 · In the history of thoroughbred racing, there is arguably no story as fascinating as the life led by Jimmy Winkfield. Born in Chilesburg, Kentucky, in 1880, Winkfield began riding horses as a young boy and quickly developed into one of the premier jockeys in America.
Jimmy Winkfield | Kentucky Derby Museum
2021年2月16日 · A native of Chilesburg, Kentucky in Lexington’s Bluegrass Country, Jimmy Winkfield began his work with horses in the late 1890s. He had a short racing career in the United States, lasting from 1898 to 1903.
Jimmy Winkfield: the American jockey who escaped the …
2020年5月11日 · The most dramatic episode in a truly remarkable life came when Jimmy Winkfield, a dual Kentucky Derby-winning jockey exiled from his native land, played an integral role in leading a ragtag band of Russian nobility and Polish soldiers on a miraculous 1,100-mile journey to save more than 250 thoroughbreds left in crumbling Tsarist Russia.