Kentucky Derby Ashtray

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This file appears in: Churchill Downs
Kentucky Derby Ashtray

Over the years images of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby have appeared on a variety of items, including this ashtray owned by renowned political cartoonist Hugh Haynie. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Churchill Downs

By Tim Talbott
Historical Markers #1885 and #2255 in Louisville note the location of Churchill Downs, the racetrack of the "Run for the Roses," the famous Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs began when track founder Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the…