Racing's Black Pioneers Exhibit Opens Thursday at Keeneland Library

The Heart of the Turf: Racing's Black Pioneers, an exhibit highlighting the lives and careers of 80 African American horsemen and women from the mid-1800s to the present, opens to the public at the Keeneland Library Thursday. The exhibit employs an engaging mix of interpretive panels, rare photographs, never-before-displayed artifacts, original artwork and video interviews to chronicle and bring to life the involvement of African Americans in the racing industry.