Derby horse owner: Kentucky Derby history begins with African Americans’

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Derby horse owner: Kentucky Derby history begins with African Americans’

Greg Hurbut, co-owner of Kentucky Derby entrant Necker Island and a rare Black racehorse owner, responds to calls to boycott the race in protest of the predominantly white sport.

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  1. Kate · Edit

    Why would an African American horse owner pull his horse out of the derby to protest breona taylers death? Like that doesn't make since I thought they were sposed to be supporting African Americans not trying to get them to loose very good opportunities

  7. Makisha Walker · Edit

    There’s nothing special about him or that ugly ass horse. He look like a ugly ass horse. Something about him I just don’t like

  15. Carss Mix · Edit

    https://youtu.be/_xN3yAXuSjA
    I think you guys will support me😍😍😍😍😍

  18. c pujol · Edit

    Mr. Harbut is a winner any day! He held his head high, did his job, and his team beat 1/2 of the field in the greatest horse race in the country (arguably in the world!), going off with odds of 50 to 1! Was not swayed by politics and set an example for all to follow. He let a horse race simply be a horse race and left politics for the appropriate arena. Set an example for all to follow. He didn't even need to win the race to win the argument, we are all in it together, we all matter equally. He ran a clean race and finished! Class all the way.

  21. Valinda Morton · Edit

    However, at this time it seems you should at least make a statement about the Africans born in America on your history. Right now Mr……
    Neck horse owner you appear smug and unconcerned.I don't mean just for this.season
    For.history.I thought A
    A.B.A.in horses cleaned shet or maybe jockeys

  22. Steven Rousseau · Edit

    Those ponies don't care what color you are. Those rich people ain't never gonna turn their backs on the PoPo. They know without them the poor would loot their homes. Rich black horse owner says publicly he supports Black Lives Matter…then slips the PoPo a couple of hundreds to watch out for his Rolls Royce while he's at the track. 😆 it appears their hypocrisy knows no bounds! What a joke this all becoming!

  23. Pete391 · Edit

    The ABC commentators thinking………………..So blacks havent been in the horse racing industry, its mostly white…..So dont you think you should sit out and protest not many blacks being in the horse racing industry………Now how does that thinking make any sense……………She is saying there arent many blacks in it but you so maybe you should sit out and protest lack of blacks in horse racing…

  26. duvine · Edit

    True, reason why they used to have the practice of lawn jockey ornaments & painted them white recently the past decade or so even a few exist.

  27. Antony King · Edit

    People have balls to ask this young man boycott this race. I hope he wins… His family has created a legacy on its own to the horse racing industry. God bless him and his family.

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