Rosa Hoots

Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day and the connections of 2023 Horse of the Year Cody's Wish, along with the three artists behind the "Brushes and Bronze" exhibition, will be on hand for the show's finale at the Louisville Thoroughbred Society May 1. The trio of acclaimed equine artists--portrait painter Jaime Corum, impressionist painter Lisa Palombo and sculptor Jocelyn Russell--will be joined by Day, winner of the 1992 GI Kentucky Derby, Kelly and Leslie Dorman--the parents of Cody's Wish's namesake Cody Dorman--and Danny Mulvihill of Godolphin's Gainsborough Farm; and Theresa...

It was an era of controversial stewards' calls, late money affecting the odds before the break, and tracks facing increasing financial pressure from government. It was a time when criticism of short field sizes was rampant, breeding operations continued to take risks on untested sires, and when sugar horses--those who didn't run often in order to preserve their stamina--were seemingly everywhere. If that wasn't enough, the age witnessed the rise of the Kentucky Derby as an increasingly highly commercialized party, as debates raged over when Pimlico's Preakness Stakes should run....