SUNDAYS. SOME WORKERS AT CHURCHILL DOWNS HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON ANOTHER ICONIC GALLOP HORSE, THE STATUE AT THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A DONATION FROM BRIGHTSIDE FOUNDATION, AND ...

Seventeen years ago, Odilia Castillo, now 37, traveled from her home in Chiapas, Mexico, north to work as a "hot walker" on Kentucky's race tracks. Every morning she wakes up at 3 a.m. and heads to ...

One seemingly small action can be a catalyst for greater change. Take Abijah's on the Backside, a fledgling aftercare and therapy organization based within the walls of Canterbury Park's shedrows that ...

“Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing,” is a powerful new documentary revealing the hidden labor sustaining one of America’s most celebrated sporting traditions, the Kentucky Derby. Set behind ...

This fall, the Speed Art Museum will host screenings of "Backside," a compelling, observational documentary by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana that honors the primarily immigrant workforce quietly sustaining the ...