LATEST PRESS RELEASES Nov. 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n 62nd Laying of the Wreath Ceremony to Celebrate Career of Black Gold The famed racing career of Black Gold will be honored with the annual Laying of the Wreath ceremony to be held February 29, 2020 at the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition, the Historic New Orleans Collection Museum has arranged to include a replica of the 1924 Kentucky Derby trophy [on loan from the Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, KY], to be displayed in The Crescent City Sport Exhibit: Stories of Courage and Change. The exhibit will run from Nov. 22, 2019 through March 8, 2020 and can be seen at the Historic New Orleans Collection throughout in the exhibition center, located at 520 Royal St., in New Orleans, LA. Black Gold Legacy, LLC, will be offering official Black Gold merchandise that day from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Clubhouse Level of the track. Hoots\u2019 family members will be there and encourage racing fans to come and share stories and shop for authentic Black Gold memorabilia.<\/p>\n The family\u2019s sincere thanks are extended to Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots for www.blackgold1924.com ###<\/p>\n Press Release<\/strong> November 11, 2019 – Denver, CO PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n 7th annual Useeit Stakes will be held on December 15, 2019. Useeit, the famed Oklahoma sprinter and thoroughbred race horse, will have the 7th annual race in her honor which is run at the Remington Park track in Oklahoma City, OK. The race is open to 7 year old filly\u2019s that have been born in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n The descendents of Rosa and Al Hoots, owners of the dam of Black Gold, a winner of four derbies during his three-year-old season, will be attending to participate in awarding the trophy to the winner of the race.<\/p>\n A compelling story of Rosa Hoots, an Osage Indian from Oklahoma, a widow at the time of breeding Useeit, carried out her husband\u2019s death bed wish, which was to breed a brown mare [Useeit] to a famous Kentucky stallion [Black Tony], and a derby winner would be the result. She was living in a man\u2019s world of horse racing, yet would be the second woman to own a thoroughbred horse to win the derby; but she was also the first woman to own and breed a derby winner.<\/p>\n The representatives will include: great-granddaughter, Rochelle Martino and her husband Tom McGehee; great-granddaughter and manager member of Black Gold Legacy, LLC, Theresa Freeman Collins, fellow member of Black Gold Legacy, Christopher Freeman and great-granddaughter, Marcia Rodriquez, will be attending.<\/p>\n In addition, the Historic New Orleans Collection Museum has arranged to include a replica of the 1924 Kentucky Derby trophy [on loan from the Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, KY], to be displayed in The Crescent City Sport Exhibit: Stories of Courage and Change. The exhibit will run from Nov. 22, 2019 through March 8, 2020 and can be seen at the Historic New Orleans Collection throughout in the exhibition center, located at 520 Royal St., in New Orleans, LA. The family\u2019s sincere thanks are extended to the Remington Race Park for BLACK GOLD LEGACY, LLC ###<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All rights reserve<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nThree Generations of Owner Rosa Hoots\u2019 Family to Participate<\/p>\n
\nThe ceremony dates to 1958 and the first running of the Black Gold Stakes. The race for three-year-olds annually pays homage to the legacy of the famed Black Gold, a winner of four derbies during his three-year-old season.
\nEach year family members of Black Gold\u2019s owner Rosa Hoots, participate in a ceremony held in conjunction with the Black Gold Stakes. Following the race\u2019s trophy presentation, family members solemnly enter the racetrack\u2019s infield and place a horse-shoe shaped wreath of roses on Black Gold\u2019s grave marker.
\nFor the 62nd annual presentation there will be representatives from three generations of Rosa Hoots\u2019 family. The representatives will include: great-granddaughter, Rochelle Martino and her husband Tom McGehee; great-granddaughter and manager member of Black Gold Legacy, LLC, Theresa Freeman Collins and husband Randy; great-great granddaughters Michelle Macdowell of Black Gold Legacy; and Miranda Ippolito, her husband Jon and their children Izzy and Max.<\/p>\n
\nThe original trophy was first made for the 50th running of the famed \u201cRun for the Roses\u201d won by Black Gold, but was later stolen from the family. A replica was crafted in exact detail to the original by Hoots\u2019 family members and was presented to Hoot\u2019s grandson Richard Freeman in June of 2000. It was later donated to the Kentucky Derby Museum in 2007.<\/p>\n
\nhosting and continuing this event commemorating Black Gold, Rosa Hoots, his owner and jockey, JD Mooney.<\/p>\n
\nFor more information: Contact Theresa Freeman-Collins
\n\u200bcolus1776@msn.com<\/p>\n
\nNov. 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGenerations of Owner Rosa & Al Hoots\u2019 Family to Participate<\/p>\n
\nThe original trophy was first made for the 50th running of the famed \u201cRun for the Roses\u201d won by Black Gold, but was later stolen from the family. A replica was crafted in exact detail to the original by Hoots\u2019 family members and was presented to Hoot\u2019s grandson Richard Freeman in June of 2000. It was later donated to the Kentucky Derby Museum in 2007.<\/p>\n
\nhosting and continuing this event commemorating Useeit.<\/p>\n
\nTheresa Collins \u2013 Managing Member
\n(For more information: Colus1776@msn.com)<\/p>\n