The American Jockey, 1865-1910 Scholars have largely neglected the history of thoroughbred racing in the United States even though it was among the most important American sports. Furthermore, horse-racing was the first major sport in the American colonies, with racecourses in New York, Charles Town, Annapolis and Williamsburg by the mid-eighteenth century, even before the introduction of the thoroughbred to North America… more»
