(Tapit Trice / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

 

Editor’s Note:

Monday morning action at the most magnificent and historic racetrack in this country, as we all prepare for the upcoming 149th version of the Kentucky Derby. Thanks be to our friend, Holly M. Smith, for her talent and dedication to the sport and to the lens. All Photos by Holly M. Smith:

Botanical: 

Gap Time Activities:

Key of Life: 

Jace’s Road:

Hit Show:

The Alys Look: 

Bath Time, Churchill Downs’ Style:

Santin:

Pretty Mischievous: 

Sun Thunder: 

Mimi Kakshui:

Flying Connection: 

Derma Sotogake: 

Disarm: 

Sun Thunder: 

Jace’s Road: 

Disarm: 

Wet Paint:

Southlawn: 

Tapit Trice: 

Forte: 

Tapit Trice: 

Julia Shining