DeShawn Parker

The game was called "Rescue." After sitting under the horse track rails playing in the dirt and watching his father exercise horses, DeShawn Parker, 4 or 5 years old at the time, would stand beside a towering horse. His father, Daryl, would yell, "Rescue!" then lean over, scoop up the young boy and plop him onto the horse. DeShawn Parker went from jumping into his father's … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The History Of Black Jockeys