The 2012 Preakness will feature Grammy Award-winning artists, all-you-can-drink beer, and a “party manimal” with a unicorn-man sidekick.
Oh, and a horse race.
The 2012 Preakness will feature Grammy Award-winning artists, all-you-can-drink beer, and a “party manimal” with a unicorn-man sidekick.
Oh, and a horse race.
In 1889, George “Spider” Anderson became the first black jockey to win the Preakness. In those days black jockeys were not uncommon. Not much is known about Anderson, said Dr. Kenneth Cohen, a professor of early American history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.