Racetracks (Horse racing)

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Cano talks about moving to Louisville from Guatemala, working at Churchill Downs while also working at Walmart and compares living in Louisville and Guatemala. This interview was conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good: Tall Tales and Straight Talk from the Backside of the Track.

Mary Ann Cooper relates growing up on the Ohio/Kentucky racing circuit in the 1940s and 1950s. Racetrack superstitions and anecdotes are told; a glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included.

A glossary of racetrack terms and a time index are included. Crawford has been a groom since the 1920s and he discusses life on the backstretch including superstitions, old times remedies, and memories of his working life.

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Goffner talks about growing up in the Newburg neighborhood, working as a groom at several race tracks, the fire at Miles Park race track and reminisces about some of the horses he's worked with. This nterview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack was conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.

Interview about the working at Churchill Downs racetrack conducted for the Louisville Story Program book Better Lucky Than Good.