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Ronnie Tanner races home for Stargell MVP award

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The first Kentucky Derby was won by an African American jockey by the name of Oliver Lewis on May 1, 1875. 15 of the first 28 Derbys were won by Black jockeys. Ronnie Tanner, who hails from the Hill District and attended Fifth Avenue High School, went on to become a world-class jockey.

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Ronnie Tanner races home for Stargell MVP award

Legendary jockey in horse racing; attended Fifth Avenue High School It’s important that I start this story with a bit of drama by bringing to your attention several things that I didn’t know. And I am going to bet the $39.27 I have in my savings account that you didn’t know, either! (What…times have been tough, surely you didn’t mistake me for Dwight Law, did you?) Anyway, did you know that the very first Kentucky Derby was won by an Afric…

1 year ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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