Kentucky Derby 2024 is almost here, and to celebrate, The Courier Journal is launching its 6th annual Color the Jockey Silks competition, sponsored by COIT Cleaning & Restoration. That means it's time ...
WINCHESTER, Ky. (FOX 56) — The excitement is building for Kentucky Derby 151 but besides keeping an eye on your favorite horse, there are unique colors and designs that help a horse stand out. Come ...
One of the most intriguing aspects of a horse race is not just the high stakes of the race itself, it’s witnessing the colorful array of jockey uniforms speeding through the track like a technicolor ...
Since 2003, every jockey who has won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) has attended the Mint Jubilee Gala on the eve prior to his victory. Calvin Borel, who rode Street Sense to ...
Now that Kentucky Derby fans know where the horses will line up for the 151st Run for the Roses on May 3 at Churchill Downs, it's time to see what each jockey will wear. Each jockey's silk is a ...
In a basement studio near Lexington, Kentucky, Teresa Estes has a life-size plastic horse head nailed to a wall. She also has hundreds of spools of colorful thread, technicolor satin fabrics stored on ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The horses have their bloodlines and the jockeys have their silks. Technically speaking, the shirts worn by the jockeys, otherwise known as silks, actually belong to the horse owner ...