American Pharoah wins Kentucky Derby by a length, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). LOUISVILLE , Kentucky - American Pharoah , ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, won the 141st run of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville before a crowd of some 170,00 people. "I feel like the luckiest Mexican on earth," said Espinoza, a native of Mexico and a Mexican-American. "It's unbelievable." The total purse for this year's annual Derby event was $2 million, wi...