African Americans in the Thoroughbred Industry Oral History Project
This series focuses on the experiences of African Americans working in the thoroughbred industry in Kentucky. The majority of interviews focus on backside occupations including hot walkers, exercise riders, and groomers. Other occupations include trainers, clockers, and jockeys. Interviewees discuss employment opportunities for African Americans in the horse racing industry, individuals they have worked with including owners and trainers, living conditions at the track, how they were trained in various occupations, working on horse farms, family life, race horses they have worked with, and the Kentucky Derby. Most of the interviews were conducted in Louisville with individuals who worked at Churchill Downs.
Interviews
- Oral History Interview with Isaac (Ike) Maupin
- Oral History Interview with John Hill
- Oral History Interview with Richard Hughes
- Oral History Interview with Richard Spiller
- Oral History Interview with Carl Sitgraves
- Oral History Interview with Essie Sitgraves
- Oral History Interview with Larry Bonafon
- Oral History Interview with Raymond Lorve Smith
- Oral History Interview with Sylvia Arnett
- Oral History Interview with Tom P. Harbut
- Oral History Interview with William "Catfish" Smith
- Oral History Interview with William Maxberry
- Oral History Interview with Sam Martin
- Oral History Interview with Howard Amos
- Oral History Interview with John Lee Robertson
- Oral History Interview with Kenneth "Bud" Ransom
- Oral History Interview with Willard Pinkston
- Oral History Interview with Paul Goffner
- Oral History Interview with Elmer Clark
- Oral History Interview with William Doyle
- Oral History Interview with Sam Alexander