Poole, who has directed several major projects in Washington, D.C., is also an artist whose work includes a quilt exhibition celebrating Black jockeys who have ridden Kentucky Derby horses.
Food trucks will be serving at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. — and three restaurants, The Local, The Crusty Pig and The Mixer, will have special burgers for the week.
No fewer than 48 American racetracks have closed since 2000, but Kentucky operators continue to invest hundreds of millions in their facilities and are reaping an outsized return — and not only on the first Saturday in May.
Long planning times and increasing competition internationally mean U.S. carmakers will continue to develop electric cars, despite funding cuts from the Trump administration, experts say.
