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1898 \u2014 Willie Simms becomes the only African American jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the only one to have won all three Triple Crown races. Simms\u2019 other Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1896, 1898), Belmont Stakes (1893, 1894).<\/p>\n
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