The jockey that wins the Kentucky Derby earns 10 percent of the victor’s purse. Last year, Brian Hernandez Jr. made $310,000 for booting Mystik Dan home first in a scintillating three-horse photo ...

Kentucky Oaks- and Derby-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. is on the road to recovery. A little more than 48 hours after spilling from Sgt. Garcia, a 2-year-old horse that was bumped Sept. 21 during ...