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Rain, rain go away. Weather is dampening our adventure so far…

May 2, 2017April 30, 2016 by Rob Miracle

So lets make family time out of it… The weather cooperated for the Great Balloon Glow on Friday night. Around 55,000 people made their way to the Kentucky Exposition Center where dozens of hot air balloons took advantage of the dark of night to put on a light show that awed the crowd. During the … Read more

Its time for the 2016 Kentucky Derby Festival!

May 2, 2017April 23, 2016 by Rob Miracle

We are getting ready to make our annual trek to Kentucky. Learn about our plans and things you can do if you visit Kentucky next week.

2015 Kentucky Derby Festival wrap up.

May 2, 2017May 10, 2015 by Rob Miracle

The 2015 Kentucky Derby Festival and the 141st Kentucky Derby and Oaks are now just memories. The horse racing community turns to Pimlico in Maryland for the Preakness to see if American Pharoah can claim the second jewel in the Triple Crown.

Derby Fashion…. It’s all about the hats.

May 6, 2015 by Rob Miracle

No words are needed for this blog post. Going to the Derby is a chance to wear your best and that includes hats for ladies and the gentlemen…..

Going to the Kentucky Derby. Oh what a day. Oh what an event.

May 2, 2017May 3, 2015 by Rob Miracle

I lived in Kentucky for 31 years and like most people my Kentucky Derby experience was the TV broadcast. Inside Kentucky, you will get all day coverage, but outside of the Louisville and Lexington areas most people depend on the national coverage of the event. I always thought it would be cool to go one day. Saturday, May 2, 2015 I got that chance.

Its all pink for cancer survivors at the 2015 Kentucky Oaks

May 2, 2017May 2, 2015 by Rob Miracle

The Kentucky Oaks has been run just as long as the Kentucky Derby, 141 times as of yesterday. The race has traditionally been a day for the locals but with growing crowds, two day ticket packages and people making a week of it has turned the Oaks into almost the same spectacle as the Kentucky Derby without the TV coverage.

The sun comes out on the 2015 Kentucky Derby Festival’s Republic Bank Pegasus Parade

May 2, 2017May 2, 2015 by Rob Miracle

Weather in Kentuckiana in the spring can be quite random. For a week long event you know weather is going to impact a couple of events. The weathermen were threatening rain to show up just in time for the 60th Pegasus Parade on Thursady and sure enough, as the spectators arrived and the parade entries started rolling, a good, solid shower was raining down on Broadway.

The Belle of Louisville repeats as winner of the Great Steamboat Race

May 2, 2017April 30, 2015 by Rob Miracle

It seems appropriate that Brad Paisley’s “Down by the River bank” came on the radio as we pulled off of I-64 onto River Road as we headed to the 2015 Great Steamboat Race. Today the Ohio River bank held two boats that would do battle on the Ohio later in the day.

Two days of Dawn at the Downs

May 2, 2015April 30, 2015 by Rob Miracle

And we couldn’t make the third…. With two long days ahead at the track for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby, it seemed wise to get some rest from this busy schedule. With needing to commit over six hours to the Pegasus Parade and dinner, we had to miss another opportunity to see the horses work out.

Time to race some beds at the 2015 Great Bed Races

May 2, 2015April 29, 2015 by Rob Miracle

The 2015 Great Bed Races took place on Monday, April 27th at Broadbent Arena in Louisville. It pits race teams together who have to build a race bed with four wheels and hold a full sized mattress during one of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s signature events.