Walter May's one-man show about renowned turf writer Joe Palmer entitled “This Was Racing: An Evening With Joe Palmer” will be repeated at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion July 26 as part of the Keeneland Library Lecture Series. Free of charge and open to the public, the event will begin at 7 p.m. with a reception to follow in the nearby Limestone Cafe.
“In March 2015, the Library hosted May's premiere performance to a standing-room-only crowd of nearly 150 people,” Keeneland Library Director Becky Ryder said. “Because of the popularity of that event, we wanted to bring it back to a larger venue.”
A retired Lexington lawyer, May is a Lexington-based actor and writer who enjoys relating stories about others through performance and writing. His show is based on Palmer's book of 1953 entitled This Was Racing. May also performed the show before a large audience at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga last August.
The Keeneland Sales Pavilion is easily accessed through Gate 1 at the intersection of Versailles Road and Man o'War Blvd.
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