(Pioneer of Medina & Charge It get in works for 2022 Kentucky Derby / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

It’s Derby Week.

It’s not a time for the weak of heart or soul. Especially if you are a photographer who has an affinity for the horse and you live in Kentucky.

Such is the lifestyle and part-time profession of our very own Holly M. Smith, who rises early and who sets late and shoves many photo duties in-between.

By now, you are familiar with Holly’s immense talent. She has an eye for an eye of a horse. She has a talent to capture horse in full motion and full of emotion. She has a heart of gold and she loves the horse like each and all are her very own.

We are so lucky to have met this incredible young lady, who never stops working at her craft and her love.

She has made these pages so much better and our visions so much more vivid.

And, here are a few more looks.

After all…it’s Derby Week.

Tiz the Bomb:

Cyberknife:

Just One Time:

Turnerloose:

Shedaresthedevil, former KY Oaks winner:

Derby Week is for kids, too:

Tawny Port:

Nostalgic:

Candy Raid:

Barber Road:

Rich Strike:

Tawny Port:

Kathleen O.:

Mo Donegal:

Un Ojo:

Tawny Port:

Smile Happy:

Tiz the Bomb:

Classic Causeway:

Summer Is Tomorrow:

Pioneer of Medina:

Nostalgic’s Workmate Loses Rider:

Shared Sense, from KY Derby’s past:

Tawny Port:

Smile Happy & Tiz the Bomb: