(The beauty and the beautiful come together at Churchill Downs for “Thurby” / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

There is pageantry. There is beauty. There is horse racing that combines both. And, when that happens? You call that Kentucky Derby Week.

Take a gander at some of the “captures” that the very talented Holly M. Smith got on “Thurby” at Churchill Downs:

Cyclone Mischief:

Dunbo: 

Two Phils: 

Dunbo: 

Annapolis: 

Set Piece: 

Annapolis: 

Bango: 

The Crowd:

Ben Colebrook:

Santa Does Derby?

Home Port: 

The Looks: 

Raise Cain:

Strava: 

A Tip of the Hat: 

Run Classic & Strata:

Hats, Hats, & More Hats:

Youalmosthadme:

Outrider Scott Blasi & Javier Castellano:

Matereya:

Cyclone Mischief:

Two Phils:

The Looks: 

Mage: 

Condiment Girl:

Hit Show:

Verifying:

Jace’s Road:

Verifying: 

Angel of Empire: 

Hit Show: 

Verifying: 

Mike Crowder: