Winkfield Stakes One of Few Reminders of Black Jockeys’ Role in Racing History
Only turf historians, or perhaps those who heard stories told by their grandfathers, would have recognized Winkfield’s name in the United States this decade. –Gerald Eskenazi in Winkfield’s 1974 New York Times obituary Three decades later, the New York Racing Association and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame decided to do something about…