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Marty Pearl

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As seen in: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), USA Today, WAVE-TV (Louisville, KY), KXTV-TV (Sacramento, CA), The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI), Bristol Herald Courier, The Jackson Sun, The Marion Star, MyRGV, The News Leader (Staunton, VA), The Messenger (Madisonville, KY)
2025 Edward R. Murrow winner at WAVE News (NBC) Photojournalist since 2021 & Courier-Journal (USA TODAY) Freelance Photojournalist from 2009-2021
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Kentucky Derby History: The man who prevented disaster at Derby 102

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By Marty Pearl Verified
| WAVE-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Take a trip with me. Let’s go back half a century ago to the year 1976. The vibe, bicentennial fever. As the nation planned for its 200th birthday, it did so by celebrating two of its favorite revolutionary archetypes. The underdog and the selfless hero. It was at Churchill Downs that those two patriotic archetypes converged into a singular moment that now track historians simply refer to as “The Incident” at Derby 102.
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Full moon over the 100th Kentucky Derby

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By Marty Pearl Verified
| WAVE-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It's been 20 years now since I first started covering the Kentucky Derby as a journalist, and back then the Infield was a very different place. It was still largely defined by random raunchiness and occasional acts of violence. In fact, two of the things commonly on display were women flashing the crowd Mardi Gras-style, and drunken delinquents picking fights with one another.
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Wild times & muddy madness in the Churchill Downs Infield

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By Marty Pearl Verified
| WAVE-TV (Louisville, KY) Verified
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Famous Louisvillian and Gonzo Journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote about the Kentucky Derby saying, "The only thing more important than the race itself is the sport of people watching" and there's plenty of that to be found in the Infield here at Churchill Downs. That "sport" of people watching is typically influenced by the weather and the layout of the Infield itself.
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