. >> reporter: emery university professor pelham mcdaniels is writing a book on black jockeys.the late 1800's they were major stars. but when african-americans started earning big prize money, white jockeys literally drove them out. >> some jockeys would be whipped with the whip,when they were riding down the straightaway or the turn, and then in some cases the jockeys were jostled to the point where they fell off the horses and were killed. >> reporter: krigger respects those who came before and is glad to shed light on their legacy. but he hopes this weekend's race is not about race. michelle miller, cbs news, louisville. >> tonight on the showtime network, "60 minutes sports" will tell the story of the controversial trainer who will try to help kevin krigger make history, doug o'neill. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. sponsored captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> we need to look through their histories, their pedigrees, all th