Our Mission The objective of the Learning Center is to enhance the personal and professional lives of the backstretch employees and their families. History Klein Family Learning Center/WinStar Library & Classrooms 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 opportunities of the barn area, or backstretch, employees at Churchill Downs. This initiative became the Klein Family 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.