The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon & miniMarathon is among the footraces featured in a new paperback, Great Races, Incredible Places: 100+ Fantastic runs Around the World, to be published in April.
In the “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” section of the book, author Kimi Puntillo says “southern hospitality and horse-racing are hallmarks” of both the Kentucky [...]
You’ve heard of “Joe the Plumber.”
Now there’s “Joe the Horse.”
He’s otherwise known as Alysheba or simply “America’s horse” — the world’s third richest Thoroughbred, with purse earnings of $6,679,242.
On Thursday, it was announced that the Kentucky Derby winner, who has spent the last eight years in the royal stables of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, [...]
A University of Louisville trumpet professor can make your Kentucky Oaks or Kentucky Derby party memorable for years to come.
Mike Tunnell will dispatch one of his students to your Oaks or Derby party to play the “Call to the Post” if you are a successful bidder at either of two silent auctions.
Tunnell and crew have [...]
The 134th Kentucky Derby is less than a month away. If you haven’t prepared, don’t panic. There’s a way to get there in style.
In conjunction with Churchill Downs, Quint Events in Atlanta is offering “travel experience packages” of tickets to the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks that include three nights lodging, transportation in Louisville, food, [...]
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