The Kentucky Derby is back to its traditional spot on the first Saturday in May.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Kendrick Carmouche at Saratoga Race Course in August.Cindy Schultz for The New York Times |
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Sylvester Carmouche won nearly 700 races at big-time tracks like the Fairgrounds in New Orleans and Louisiana Downs near Shreveport, Joe Drape writes. He taught his son, Kendrick, his ways from a young age. |
On Saturday, Kendrick Carmouche has a chance to become the first Black jockey in 119 years to win the Kentucky Derby. |
Before he gets a leg up on a colt named Bourbonic for the Derby, he will hug his father and thank him for making him the jockey and the man that he is today. |
"Look, I'm 37 years old and I've covered a lot of pavement, put in a lot of hard work and stayed positive through hard times," Kendrick Carmouche said. "I learned all that from my Pops." |
Read the full article here, and read our expert picks here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | The morning-line favorite, Essential Quality, at Churchill Downs on Thursday.Charlie Riedel/Associated Press |
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The Kentucky Derby is back to its traditional spot on the first Saturday in May. The favorite is Essential Quality, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Blue Grass winner. His owner, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, is a controversial figure with a poor human rights record involving the disappearance of his daughter. (Saturday, coverage starts at 2:30 p.m.; post time, 6:57 p.m., NBC.) |
And the first leg of the English Triple Crown, the 2000 Guineas, is also this weekend. (Saturday, 10:40 a.m., TVG.) |
If you're a hard-core N.F.L. draft fan, Saturday is your day, as the fourth through seventh rounds are held. The future sleepers and busts who you may never have heard of will be selected, and at a faster clip, too: just five minutes per pick, and just four in the last round. (Saturday, noon, ABC.) |
Soccer teams all over England are boycotting social media this weekend to protest harassment and abuse directed at players. So if you want to know the result of the game between former Super League teams Manchester United and Liverpool, you might want to watch it. (Sunday, 11:30 a.m., NBCSN.) |
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