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Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing
Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing paints an intimate portrait of the unseen “groom” workers that sustain the elite horse-racing industry, showing how wealth, class, and race come together in the United States.
Series
Premiere Date
April 13, 2026
Length
90 minutes
Funding Type
Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of immigrant workers who begin their days at 2 a.m., seven days a week, year-round, caring for some of the world’s most prized Kentucky Derby racehorses.
Set against the backdrop of a racing season at Churchill Downs’ barns in Louisville, Kentucky—known as the “backside”—this observational-sensorial film reveals the symbiotic relationship of human and animal labor, celebrating the beauty of unseen work and the resilience of those who sustain it.