The Breeder’s Cup celebrates the best of the best in horse racing, It also places an emphasis on the young ones. You get to see the horses you’ll be seeing in the Derby or Oaks NEXT YEAR. So, it’s only fitting that the event would get one of the young ones to do the official song.
Irish born Mark Boylan is 14 years old. His song {Stateside} has been chosen as the official song of The Breeder’s Cup. Mark knows and loves horse racing. Louisville. Com wrote about Mark and his song in October, you can read more about him and SEE HIS VIDEO by clicking here: [4]
And tomorrow, The Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau will host a FREE LUNCH TIME CONCERT with Boylan. You can call him a “Bieber for the Breeder’s Cup Set”, because he recently performed in front of 60,000 people at the Cheltenham Festival in England.
He will be performing the song {STATESIDE} and other songs at 4th Street Live TODAY (Wednesday) at Noon. Come lunch downtown for Breeder’s Cup week and enjoy some FREE MUSIC to get you in the horsey mood!
In addition, At Lunch today the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau will announce they are sponsoring a ticket upgrade. The first 2,500 fans that buy a General Admission ($15) ticket at Churchill Down on Friday of the Breeders’ Cup, will be upgraded to a Grandstand ticketed seat.
(The tickets must be purchased at Churchill Downs on Friday for Friday, November 4th Admission gate opens at 12 noon. Post time 2 pm)
Photo from The Daily Edge