Locator map available for Gallopalooza horses around Louisville as voting opens for favorite statue (2024)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- With the Kentucky Derby Festival in high gear, you can now cast your vote for your favorite Gallopalooza horse.

In honor of Gallopalooza's 20th anniversary and the 150th Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs sponsored the creation of the 150 full-size horse statues.

Gallopalooza now has an online locator map available to easily find and spot the statues across Louisville.

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A $1 donation to the Brightside Foundation is requested per vote. Voting is open through April 30, and the winner will be announced May 1. The winning artist will receive $2,500.

"This is one of so many exciting ways the community and out-of-town visitors can see the influence of horses on our city and state," Michelle Black White, executive director of the Brightside Foundation, said in a news release Wednesday.

To look at the locator map, click here.

To place your vote, click here.

Gallopalooza is managed by the Brightside Foundation, a local nonprofit that works to improve the city's gateways and neighborhoods through landscape enhancements, cleanup efforts and educational programs. To learn more, click here.

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Locator map available for Gallopalooza horses around Louisville as voting opens for favorite statue (2024)
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