This collector print is the first image available of the newly renovated Churchill Downs®. This photograph was taken the morning of the 2008 Kentucky Derby®. This panoramic photograph from the Back Side ofChurchill Downs was taken by James Blakeway, photographer with Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas.Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas was founded in 1989 and is best known for panoramic photography of theworld's great cities and sites. This photo was taken on Derby Day morning during one of the most beautifultimes of the day - dawn. Thoroughbreds can be seen at dawn going through morning paces as they preparefor race campaigns leading up to the annual race meets. Churchill Downs has run the annual Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks® continuously since their debut in 1875. The signature twin spires were completed as a part of a new grandstand in 1895 and would becomethe symbol of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby.

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