This is considered one of the most iconic photos of the Kentucky Derby.
This is considered one of the most iconic photos of the Kentucky Derby. It shows the 1933 renewal dubbed The Fighting Finish and was won by Don Meade on Broker’s Tip ( on the inside) over Head Play with Herb Fisher in the irons. The Fighting Finish of the 1933 Kentucky Derby--And the Rest of the Story Wallace Lowry, a photographer with the Louisville Courier-Journal, lay on his stomach in the soft dirt under the inside rail just before the finish line at Churchill Downs. Leaning on his elbows with his camera pointing upwards, he waited as the horses for the 1933 Kentucky Derby were loaded in the gate. Determined to capture a perfect head-on shot of the finish of the Kentucky Derby; something that had eluded him the previous year because he wasn't close enough to the actual horses. This time he would ensure the proper angle by situating himself on the track itself just inches from the pounding hooves of the oncoming runners. Little did Lowry know that the picture he took that Satu