Louis Guida is an award-winning media producer, writer and director based in Lexington. His credits include internationally telecast films/videos; national radio commentaries; and articles for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Magazine. He has been a fellow at the American Academy in Rome, and his work has been supported by the American Film Institute, GRAMMY Foundation and National Endowments for the Arts/Humanities.
To paraphrase a wiseguy I once knew, this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — the 150th edition of the famed horse race — is made history. From its first running in 1875 as the feature race at a just opened Churchill Downs in Louisville to its current place atop a sports and culture pinnacle, its narrative has […]
Fifty years ago, when Secretariat set track records winning the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown and made the cover of Time magazine, horse racing in America mattered.? The narrative — for the sport, the industry, one of its major tracks and its signature event — is different now and defined more by change, controversy […]
