ASHER LIVE ON FOREVER. WE’VE GOT THE THE STORY MAKER AND THE STORYTELLER. LET’S PUT THEM TOGETHER. THA’'S EXACTLY WHAT CHURCHILL DOWNS DID THURSDAY WNHE IT UNVEILED STATUES OF COLONEL MATT WINN AND JOHN ASHER. I’M THRILLED PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LEAB TO COME HERE LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTHAT MT WIN AND JOHN ASHER AND TAKE A PICTURE. BEHIND THE SHADOWS OF THE ICONIC TWINSPIRES THAT BOTH MEN LOVE SO DSOEARLY WINDSURF IS GENERAL MANAGER LATER PRESIDENT OF CHURCHILL DOWNS FROM 1914 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1949 ASHER. MEANWHILE WAS THE LONGTIME VICE PRESIDENT OF RACGIN COMMUNICATIONS AT THE TRACK UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 2018. JOHN PASSED. IT WAS HORRIFIC. BUT ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS WAS HE CAN FINALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MATT WIN AND NOW HE’S GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION EVERY DAY. THE KENTUCKY DERBY WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WITUTHO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN NOW, THEY’RE BOTH IN BRONZE MNINGEA THEY’LL BE A PART OF EVERY KENTUCKYERBY D FOR THE REST OF TIME MATT WIN. CREATED THE DERBY OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH. HE CONVINCED THE WORLD. IT WAS AUS MT, YOU KNOW,EA S EVENT AND JOHN PERPETUATED THAT IN WAYS THAT YOU JUST CAN’T IMAGINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATUES IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LOST ON THEIR FAMILIES. DID HE EVER THINK THAT THE STRIP OF STREET OUT THERE WLDOU SAY JOHN ASHER OR THAT HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA PEOPLE REVERED HIM TO THIS DEGREE. THEY’REHE T TWO GREATEST ADVOCATES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS AND E DETHRBY EVER, SO IT’S JUST HONOR FOR US TO BE INVOLVED AND PART OF IT AND NOW FANS WLIL BE ABLE TO SEE THE DUO ANDALK T ABOUT THE TWO LEGENDS EVERY TIME EYTH WALK BY THE PADCKDO ANYTIME YOU THINK ABOUT JNOH ASHER AND NOW THAT ANYTIME YOU GETO T WALK PAST AND SEE JOHN ASHER COULD ALWAYS BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE. THAT’S WHAT JOHN