(The colors brighten any day / Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

The good ones always catch the eye. You can tell it when they walk on the track. You can tell it by the way they move around the track. And, of course, you can tell it when they come off the track, too.

They have a certain pep in their step.

They have a certain aura around their strides.

They have a presence. Unmistakable presence.

On Saturday morn, our very own Holly M. Smith journeyed out to the big oval in Louisville to witness the works of some of this year’s best.

Here are a few of her looks:

(A kitty tags along for a breakfast snack)

(The turf course is coming up so that the new can go down)

(Raven’s Cry)

(Ducale)

(Pegasus winner Mandaloun gets in his works)

(It is a perfect Saturday morn, full of all the right colors)