Churchill Downs On a Sunday Morn: Through the Eyes & Lens of Holly M. Smith

(Trainer Brendan Walsh watches Old Forester Bourbon Stakes winner Santin cool out after her morning work at Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

(Rich Strike is a handful, again, on the track this Sunday morning / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

It is Memorial Day holiday weekend, and there’s no better time to celebrate the lives that have been given to help make this the greatest nation ever created. There’s no better way to celebrate than to honor and give a salute to those that have given, and, especially, those that have given all.

And for us? Us horse lovers?

There is no better place to celebrate than at Churchill Downs, a track that never hesitates to give honor and credit; love and glory to “Ole’ Glory.”

Here’s a few looks at Churchill Downs this Sunday morning, through the eyes and lens of our very own Holly M. Smith — the best person in the business.

We are so grateful to her, too, and we give credit to her and all she does for this sport; for this track; for these horses; and to her friends, which we are lucky to number as one.

Santin: