Balloonglow, the Ken-ducky Derby, the Derby Festival Marathon, the Chow Wagon, and so much more!
Run for the Roses ran. Bank accounts reviewed. Remedies and/or celebrations coming to an end. The winner of the Derby this year was the aptly named “I’ll Have Another”, and the last party of the 2012 season for winning jockey Mario Guiterrez & friends was at the "Night of… One Race, One Winner, One Party" held at The Galt House on the evening of Derby Day, Saturday, May 5th.
Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky will host a fabulous day of stakes races on Saturday, culminating in the WinStar Kentucky Cup.
Due to the rampant use of performance enhancing drugs in sports should the horse racing industry decide to go in a new direction for the upcoming Breeder's Cup, or should we just make this into the newest club dance?
There are many Derby parties this Saturday night that will be sure to get some good press, but the first annual Night of Silk Derby Party at the Galt House, will be the talk of Louisville for weeks to come.
A favorite, Chief's Crown, won the first Breeders' Cup race at Hollywood Park in 1984 and paid $3.40. If anyone thought that would be the norm from there on, they were wrong.
The Derby winning jockey will co-host an event for the guests of the hotel on Oaks night as part of a special Derby package.