Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).
William Billy Walker (1860 – September 20 1933) was an African-American jockey.Born a slave in near Versailles Kentucky Billy Walker was the leading rider at Churchill Downs in the fall racing season of 1875-76 and the spring campaigns of 1876 through 1878. He was the winning rider aboard Ten Broeck in a famous July 4 1878 match race at Louisville Kentucky against the great California mare Mollie McCarty.For owner Dan Swigert and future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Edward D.