The Backside Learning Center

Our Mission

The objective of the Learning Center is to enhance the personal and professional lives of backstretch employees and their families.

History

The Backside Learning Center is an initiative of the Kentucky Derby Museum. The Board of Directors of the Museum, along with Churchill Downs, made a choice to go beyond their obvious mission in order to serve and actively participate in the civic, economic and educational lives of the people who work in the barn area, or backstretch at Churchill Downs. This initiative started with the renovation of the old racing offices, which are now called the The Backside Learning Center.

The Learning Center began serving the people of the backstretch in May 2004, but officially opened on June 30, 2004. The Learning Center provides services at Churchill Downs from April to November and at the Trackside Training Center from December to March. The Learning Center's vision is to be a national model for the Thoroughbred Horse Industry.

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