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Kentucky Derby Package

Currency:USD Category:Travel / Vacation Packages Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Kentucky Derby Package
Ladies, grab your favorite hat; and men, find a bow tie, because two couples are invited to spend Derby Weekend ~ May 6th to the 8th, 2016 ~ as the guests of Mary Lu and Mason Lampton. As you know, the Kentucky Derby is the greatest horse race in the world. The greatest crop of three-year-old Thoroughbred Horses meet at Churchill Downs to determine who will be the next champion to sire the next generation.

You will stay at the Lampton family farm known as Hardscuffle. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's firm, it was the home of the Hardscuffle Steeplechase and the Hardscuffle Fox Hounds, and beautifully set on 1,000 acres on the banks of the Ohio River.

Arrive by noon on Friday the 6th in order to watch the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Here you will get your bearings on reading the Racing Form, wagering with abandon, and tasting your first Mint Julip. That evening you will dine and then retreat to Hardscuffle for needed rest.

Saturday morning the 7th, you will head back to Churchill Downs to watch the day's racing card. The Derby will be later in the afternoon, always preceded by Stephen Fosters' "My Old Kentucky Home". This brings a tear to the eye even if you are not a Kentuckian. The mad charge of fabulous horses follows the Ballad with the award of a Cape of Roses to the Victor. The winning horse's value will have increased many fold.

After the races, retire for a sumptuous meal and rest at Hardscuffle. Sunday is a day to return to the expected and away from the stars. A sweet fatigue is always a last dram of the Derby elixir to savor as you reminisce over the dramatic day of racing.

Transportation to and from Kentucky is not included in this donation.

Value: PRICELESS