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Burnt Cork

American Thoroughbred racehorse

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Rights-reviewed source imagePhoto of Eddie Anderson with his race horse, Burnt Cork, before his historic Kentucky Derby run, 1943. Burnt Cork, who was the first African-American owned horse to compete in the Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Derby Stories Jim Bolus, Pelican Press, 1998. A search of copyright renewal
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Discipline groupRacing
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Source checkedJuly 26, 2026

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Foaled
1940
Sex
Male
Breed
Thoroughbred
Recorded use
racehorse

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Wikidata entity
Q5000189
Permanent revision
#1335449212
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