Why one African-American horse owner refused to boycott Kentucky Derby for Breonna Taylor

Greg Harbut, one of few Black owners in horse racing, said there’s ‘no way’ he could skip the race and not bring awareness to Black contributions to the sport

Greg Harbut 35, an African-American horse owner participating in the 146th Kentucky Derby, was asked by civil rights activists to withdraw from Saturday’s race to protest the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

Harbut is one of the industry’s few Black owners, and Louisville activists said that the festive atmosphere of the famed horse race was inappropriate at a time when its residents were still hurting from Taylor’s death…