Roses are not just for Valentine's Day. Kentucky Bourbon is of course a frequent participant! The Kentucky Derby is the most prestigious horse race. It has run for 151 consecutive years. Then add the Kentucky Derby Festival on top and you've got a solid two weeks of fun festivities. But sometimes Mother Nature has other ideas. First, Thunder Over Louisville...Read More

With the contenders for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. Each year, Churchill Downs opens the track early in the morning so fans can watch the horses work out. During Derby week, the horses that will run in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks workout in the morning from 6:45am to 10am. Previously, there two sessions, an early morning one...Read More

Rubber ducks "race" down the Ohio River. See all the photos Twenty-two years ago, an idea was hatched. Since Kentuckians race everything during the Kentucky Derby Festival, why not race rubber ducks? And a new event because a favorite of the Festival. Supporting Harbor House, a community organization that supports empowering individuals with disabilities and their families with the goal...Read More

And hopefully for good. 2024 was a strange year for us. Day jobs and PTO were not kind, so we made the choice to stay home and do things nearby. That meant no Kentucky Derby or Kentucky Derby Festival for us. It was another year of not being on the Belle of Louisville for the Great Steamboat Race. But 2024...Read More