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Rob Miracle When looking to fill our out schedule, taking a tour of the Maker’s Mark distillery sounded like something to do. We discovered that on Friday, they were actually holding a festival at their campus in Loretta, Kentucky. Friday was scheduled for good weather and was our open day, so we packed up the car and … Read more
The Kentucky Derby has always been the grand event that brought in people from outside of Kentuckiana. It’s the event that most people know about. The Friday before the Derby, is a race for three-year old fillies (female horses) that’s just about as big as the Derby — the Kentucky Oaks, but being on Friday, … Read more
One of the banner events of the Kentucky Derby Festival is racing old river paddle boats up and down the Ohio River. The cornerstone of this race is the 100-year-old “Belle of Louisville” who turns 100 later this year. She is an authentic steam-powered paddle wheel that drove transportation in the 1800’s and 1900’s up … Read more
Today was another early morning to head back to Churchill Downs to watch the horses work out. Today instead of doing the breakfast on Millionaires Row and watch the workout from the boxes, we just went to the rail to get close to the horses and hear and feel the thundering hooves. We found a … Read more
One of the cool things that people can do that is actually related to the Kentucky Derby is watch the horses work out early in the mornings. Many locals will go out before they go to work to get a glimpse of the horses they will otherwise only see on TV Saturday. This event is … Read more
Beds… You jump on them as kids. You sleep on them and well, um you… Race them of coarse. One of the more fun things that Kentuckians race is beds. There are two phases of the competition: the style and the speed. During the style phase, the teams assemble costumes and decorate the beds based … Read more
Well mostly…. The original good weather plan was to travel about 60 miles down I64 to Lexington and tour Keeneland race track and several horse farms and pick up some Pizza Pie at Joe B’s in Lexington. Well that got washed. Instead we took my mother-in-law computer shopping. Time for her old Dell desktop with … Read more
One of the best things about college is the friendships you can make. While this represents our 30 year college reunion year, our “family” stays in touch even though we are spread out to the four winds. One of our friends, Lindi, lives on a small 5 acre farm just northwest of Indianapolis, another town … Read more
It’s opening night for the 2014 spring meet at Churchill Downs. Ten races on the schedule starting in the afternoon. During the normal meet going to the track would feel like going to a minor league baseball game but kicking off Kentucky Derby week makes it more like a big production. Sky divers, pyrotechnics, street … Read more
Man are we beat…. After being up for last night’s balloon glow, we only got about 5 hours of sleep before we were up checking the weather before heading out to the 2014 Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Race. After getting up early yesterday and a long 10 hour drive, a nap is in order … Read more