"GALLOPALOOZA"

THE STORY BEHIND GALLOPALOOZA 

Gallopalooza is a community wide equine art project that offers an exciting look at interpretations of Derby winners and other horses of note, including Pegasus.

Take one horse-haired vision of two community leaders, 223 life-sized fiberglass horses and a slew of local and national artists, mix it with months of anticipation and you’ll unleash Gallopalooza, Louisville’s sidewalk Derby.

Credit a pair of CEOs – John Conti of John Conti Coffee Co. and Hank Wagner of Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services – who were bowled over by the Windy City bovines of Chicago’s Cows on Parade art exhibit. Conti and Wagner headed up the endeavor to bring the same kind of smile-inducing event to their hometown. 

Proceeds from Gallopalooza sponsorships and the end-of-summer auction of the horses, (with a potential to net $1 million) were split between "Brightside" – a city agency that promotes civic pride and city beautification –  and the buyer’s charity of choice.

As far as I know all of the Horses are still in Louisville and 

following are the ones I have photographed.

I'll let you know if I add to it in the future.

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~~~ON  4TH STREET~~~

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~~~ON  5TH STREET~~~

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~~~BARDSTOWN ROAD ~~~

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~~~ THIS ONE IS MY  #1 FAVORITE~~~

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~~~BLUEGRASS PARKWAY~~~

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~~~BOWMAN FIELD~~~

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~~~BRECKINRIDGE LN.~~~

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~~~BRENT STREET~~~

~~~BROADWAY~~~

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~~~BROWNS LN.~~~

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GALLOPALOOZA HORSES IN MOVIE!!

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Two Gallopalooza horses made it into the movies.  They were  included in the motion picture Elizabethtown featuring Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom and Susan Sarandon.  Cameron Crowe directed the movie about a man who must return to Elizabethtown, Kentucky upon the death of his father to fulfill his dying wishes.  On the way home from Oregon, he falls in love with a flight attendant, who helps him get his life back on track.

~~~CAMERON CROWE SIGNED THIS ONE.~~~

~~~CHENOWETH SQUARE~~~

~~~DUTCHMAN'S LN.~~~

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~~~FRANKFORT AVE.~~~

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~~~GALLOP DEAN~~~

~~~GALLOP DENTAL~~~

~~~GALLOP TOASTER~~~

 ~~~GALLOP HOOTERS~~~

 ~~~GALLOP HOT ROD~~~

~~~HIKES LN.~~~

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~~~HUBBARDS LN.~~~

~~~HURSTBOURNE LN.~~~

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~~~JEFFERSON STREET~~~

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 ~~~THIS IS MY THIRD FAVORITE~~~

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~~~LEXINGTON RD.~~~

~~~MAIN STREET~~~

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~~~THIS IS MY 2ND FAVORITE~~~

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 ~~~MARKET STREET~~~
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  ~~~OXMORE CENTER~~~

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~~~PAYNE STREET~~~

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~~~SHELBYVILLE RD. ~~~

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~~~ST. MATHEWS MALL AREA~~~

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 ~~~STORY AVE. ~~~

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~~~TAYLORSVILLE RD.~~~

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~~~THREE RIVERFRONT PLAZA~~~ 

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 ~~~COW? WHAT COW?~~~

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I don't think I took these photos...just can't remember, 
but I found them on my computer so...enjoy them!
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Don't know how the "Cardinal Bird" got in here, but, since the cow got in, 

I decided to let him stay!

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HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW!

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