- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- St. Julien, Marlon, American, born 1972
- Date
- before 2000
- Medium
- leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x L: 4 × 19 × 21 in. (10.2 × 48.3 × 53.3 cm)
- Caption
- In 2000 Marlon St. Julien became the first African American to race in the Kentucky Derby in almost eighty years. He used this saddle in the Derby.
- Description
- A black leather jockey saddle used by Marlon St. Julien at the 2000 Kentucky Derby. The saddle has tan stitching along the seams and shows signs of use and wear, particularly along the seams of the back panel and the proper right skirt.
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Topic
- Athletes
- Horse racing
- Sports
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marlon St. Julien
- Object number
- 2020.43.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




