Grab Your Cameras - the 2009 Gallopalooza horses have hit the streets!

A big thanks to Bee Line Courier Service and Dismas Charities for helping to place the Gallopalooza horses around town.  Nearly all of the horses have made it to their summer locations.  The remaining stragglers are in the process of being painted or repaired and should make it out soon.  To find the horses in their new homes, check out our online map.  To view pictures of the horses and our events, visit our photo gallery.

Also, congratulations to the following artists whose horses were selected for prizes by our judges: Greg Ladd, owner of Cross Gate Gallery (Lexington) and Maiza Hixon, associate curator of the Contemporary Art Center (Cincinnati). 

Best of Show

Lincoln — By Dan Colon and Pam Stockard. Sponsor, Thorntons.

Merit Awards

Black Jack — By Flags4Vets. Sponsor, Flags4Vets.
Catch My Act — By Ray Jarrell. Sponsor, Grinstead Group.
Diamond Dancer — By Sam Swope Collision Center. Sponsor, Sam Swope Collision Center.
hirOuik — By Tom Halbleib and Lou Johnson. Sponsor, Hometown Heroes.
Hope in the Garden — By Jennifer Grove. Sponsor, Brightside.
Mr. Hap E. Traveler — By Sue Hinkebein, Mary Sue Klusman, Pat LeFevre. Sponsor, Candlewood Suites.
Transforming Vision — By Linda Erzinger. Sponsor, The Eye Care Institute.
Roofs-n-Hoofs — By Ben Bridwell. Sponsor, Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp.

Best Foal

Avatar — By William Kirtley. Sponsor, PPG Porter Paints.

Gallopalooza is presented by Thorntons Inc. and brought to you by dozens of local businesses.  Proceeds will be used for community beautification projects implemented in partnership with Brightside, Louisville's "clean and green" program.

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