Artist Casey McKinney shows off his artwork for the Kentucky Derby Festival's 2020 Derby poster. We’ll try and make it to the Preakness and maybe from there the Breeders’ Cup.”Drury said Art Collector was feeling well Tuesday morning.“I knew after we gave him a little anti-inflammatory this morning that he’d be perfectly sound,” Drury said.
The post positions for the 2020 Kentucky Derby are set, and the entry list includes 18 horses for what's now the second leg of horse racing's annual Triple … We’ll get another chance to have another day. “The Derby means an awful lot to me, so it’s been kind of a tough day and night. Tiz the Law's path to winning the 2020 Kentucky Derby just got a little bit easier. The Kentucky Derby Festival unveiled its 2020 Derby poster on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. This is the first Kentucky Derby Festival poster for McKinney.The Kentucky Derby Festival Poster Series began in 1981 as a marketing tool designed to generate preseason interest in the Kentucky Derby Festival. “Your horse has to always come first. To me, it wouldn’t have been fair to Art Collector, even though it’s slight, knowing that there’s an issue of any kind.”Owned by Bruce Lunsford, Art Collector has won five straight races and was considered the likely No.
And that’s what we wanted to see. The 2020 “Official Art of the Kentucky Derby” by Louisville artist Keith Anderson. The colorful, petal-like image almost looks like stained glass.The 2020 Kentucky Derby Festival official poster was unveiled Wednesday morning, a tour de force of colorful imagery that screams springtime in Louisville. "Pegasus in Bloom," by Louisville painter Casey McKinney, features a vibrant, blue-toned Pegasus as the focal point of the image, surrounded by colorful blooms of red, yellow, orange and green. To run in a race of this caliber and trying to compete against the best 3-year-olds in this country, you’ve got to be 110%.
Trainer Tommy Drury Jr. announced Tuesday morning that Blue Grass and Ellis Park Derby winner Art Collector will not run in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby… Over the years, it’s become a symbol of the festival and the community.The 2020 Kentucky Derby Festival poster goes on sale March 5 during "Festival Unveiled" at the Mellwood Arts Center. Limited edition and signed numbered posters will also be available. Brightly colored fireworks sit in the background of the image, next to two colorful hot air balloons that add a patchwork quality to the poster.McKinney said he drew inspiration from the festival events, the season of spring and the excitement in the air in Louisville in May. Because of horse racing’s strict medication rules, the horse could not be treated with an anti-inflammatory this close to the race.”Drury said Art Collector will be pointed toward the Oct. 3 Preakness in Baltimore.“I had to make a choice,” Drury told Jennie Rees of the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. We wanted to see him respond well to it, and it looks like that’s what happened. Limited edition and signed numbered posters will also be available.For pricing or information on how to preorder the poster, visit kdf.org. Art Collector would have broken his maiden (won his first race) exactly one year ago come Kentucky Derby day in 2020.
The 2020 Kentucky Derby is the 146th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Party Kits is Kentucky’s party supply and gift headquarters for: Unique equestrian gifts Home accessories Jewelry Gourmet food items Fine art apparel Children’s items Kentuck On Tuesday, trainer Tommy Drury Jr. announced that Art Collector -- … On to Baltimore.”Kentucky Derby contender Art Collector trains in the morning at Churchill Downs. The 2020 Kentucky Derby Festival poster goes on sale March 5 during "Festival Unveiled" at the Mellwood Arts Center. Trainer Tommy Drury Jr. announced Tuesday morning that Blue Grass and Ellis Park Derby winner Art Collector will not run in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.According to a news release from Churchill Downs, Art Collector “nicked the bulb of his left front heel with a hind hoof while galloping Monday at Churchill Downs. Aug. 31, 2020 Art Collector Contender Profile . “That’s not surprising at all. But the horse is always the most important thing in all these things. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track. He won at Kentucky Downs on September 5, 2019 - what a celebration of career achievement if he can cross the wire first on September 5, 2020! 2 betting choice in the Derby field behind Tiz the Law.“We didn’t want to take any chances with a horse potentially this good,” Lunsford said.
Anderson’s oil and acrylic paintings capture a perspective of the iconic race that is unlike any ever featured, sharing the energy and color that will be on display during each the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and the Longines Kentucky Oaks. The poster was unveiled as it began rolling off the presses at Derby City Litho, 839 E. Broadway.