(Medaglia d’Oro is all kisses / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

When she is not at the racetrack, you normally can find Holly M. Smith riding her horse. Over the weekend, she made her trek to Lexington to look at (and, of course, photograph) some of the best stallions in the free world.

Here’s a look at what she saw, and admired so you can admire, too:

Mystic Guide: 

Hard Spun:

Flightline:

Cody’s Wish: 

Medaglia d’Oro:

Essential Quality: 

Tonalist: 

Mystic Guide: 

Frosted:

Hard Spun:

Midshipman:

Cody’s Wish: 

Proxy:

Nyquist:

Essential Quality:

The Beauty of Kentucky: 

Gun Runner: 

Watch Cat: “Don’t Mess With Me”

Funtastic:

Watch Cat: “I Told You Not to Mess With Me!”

The Tress in Fall Wardrobe:

Palace Malice:

“A Stairway to Heaven:”

Liam’s Map:

Twirling Candy:

Flightline:

Up to the Mark:

Candy Ride: 

Quality Road: 

Tonalist:

West Coast:

The Beauty of Fall in Kentucky: 

Flightline: 

Quality Road: 

Farewell…Until We Meet Again: