New map helps you find the Gallopalooza horse statues around Louisville (2024)

THE COMMUNITY. I LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT IS BOLD, SIMPLE AND JUST TRYING TO CATCH MY EYE, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF EYE CATCHING CONCEPTS FOR THIS YEAR’S GALA PALOOZA. HORSES. YEAH, THE TEXTURES IN THIS GALA PALOOZA STARTED IN 2004, AND THE EVENT IS BACK THIS YEAR AFTER A NINE YEAR HIATUS TO CELEBRATE ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY COINCIDING WITH DERBY 150. IT IS A SPECIAL MOMENT AND THIS WEEKEND IS EXTRA SPECIAL. ACTUALLY, BEING A KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL EVENT, IT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT GALA PALOOZA HAS DONE THAT, AND SO WE’RE JUST SO EXCITED TO LAUNCH ALL THIS AND BE ABLE TO PLACE THESE STATUES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. BUT BEFORE THE STATUES GO TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES, PEOPLE CAN COME TO CHECK THEM OUT AT THE GALA PALOOZA COLLECTION PREVIEW AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS SHOWCASING THE HORSES STARTING WITH THURSDAY NIGHT’S VIP PREVIEW, WHERE THE WINNING DESIGNS WILL BE ANNOUNCED, AND THEY WILL PICK THE WINNING DESIGN, WHICH WILL BE THE BEST DERBY THEMED DESIGN. THE SECOND PLACE OR SHOW IS THE BEST DERBY FESTIVITIES. DESIGN AND THEN THIRD PLACE IS FOR THE BEST BRIGHTSIDE THEME. THERE ARE 150 HORSES HERE AND BEYOND AND THE JUDGES PICK. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE TWO BY USING THIS QR CODE. THIS ONE IT HAS MY VOTE. IT’S A DOLLAR PER VOTE AND THE VOTING WILL GO THROUGH APRIL 30TH. AND SO ON. MAY 1ST, DURING DERBY WEEK, WE’LL ANNOUNCE THAT BEST OF SHOW FOR THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD. AND AS THESE PIECES OF ART BECOME PART OF THE CITY’S HISTORY, I MEAN, THIS ONE’S A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT. THOSE WHO ARE JUDGING SAY IT’S JUST FUN TO BE PART OF IT ALL. CHURCHILL DOWNS AND THIS RACE IS SO CENTRAL TO THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY. SEEING PEOPLE TRY TO FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS TO CELEBRATE LOUISVILLE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CELEBRITIES, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IS THAT ARE KIND OF INTEGRATED. INTO THE HORSES IS ALSO KIND OF FUN TO SEE HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET LOUISVILLE I