(A day to remember — Memorial Day 2025 / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

Editor’s Note:

On a Monday, where we set aside one day a year to remember and celebrate the lives lost and the lives lived by those who have gone before us to protect us and give us the right to be Americans, Holly M. Smith made a Memorial Day memorable.

Here’s her looks at Churchill Downs on Monday.

A day to honor those that serve.

A day to pay homage to those that gave and give.

A day to salute the ones that deserve saluting.

Are you coming along?…

Princess Aliyva:

First Mission: 

Mission Mania: 

Strong Destiny: 

Money Game:

Brightwork: 

Keith Asmussen: 

Florent Geroux:

A Paddock Pose: 

A Dramatic Pose: 

Into Champagne:

Minks Place: 

Hope Road: 

Two Sharp;

Owner Richard Rigney: 

Trainer Phili Bauer: 

Racing Driver:

Jockey Edgar Morales, the Family Man:

Jockey Rafael Bejarano, the lonely man: