(Lord Miles / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

It’s Tuesday. It’s another Windy Day. And, it’s another day closer to the 149th Kentucky Derby.

Caught up with my friend and ally, Holly M. Smith, on the backside of Churchill Downs this morning, as she held court outside the barn of trainer Brad Cox — who has 1/5th of the horses in the 20-horse field this coming Saturday.

When Holly “holds court,” it means that she is holding onto several cameras and associated lenses, and waiting for the sun to match the image in perfect symmetry.

Which she is good at doing, by the way.

Here’s a few of her looks from Tuesday:

Cairo Consort: 

Equivoque: 

Trainer Ben Colebrook: 

A Day for School Work: 

Confidence Game: 

Raise Cain:

Mandarin Hero:

Confidence Game: 

Scoobie Quando

Skinner: 

Promiserher America: 

Back to Stretching: 

Smile Happy: 

Promiseher America: 

Skinner: 

Promiseher America: 

Skinner: 

A Walk In the Park: 

Hit Show: 

The Old-Fashioned Tail Spin: 

Raise Cain: 

Forte:

Mimi: 

Reincarnate: 

Lord Miles:

Flying Connection: 

Lord Miles: 

Sun Thunder: 

Jace’s Road: 

And Tell Me No Lies: 

Botanical: 

Raise Cain: 

Wet Paint: 

Dorth Vader: 

Two Phils: 

King Russell:

Reincarnate: 

And Tell Me No Lies:

Southlawn: 

Julia Shining: 

Gambling Girl:

Forte: 

Derma Sotogake: 

Defining Purpose: 

King Russell: 

Affirmative Lady: 

Kingsbarns: 

The Crowd, The Horse, The Peaceful Graze: