The Kentucky Derby Festival is an annual festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, during the two weeks preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby. The festival, Kentucky's largest single annual event, first ran from 1935 to 1937, and restarted in 1956.
Thunder Over Louisville
Fireworks at Thunder Over Louisville
The University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band appearing at the 2013 Pegasus Parade
The Great Balloon Race
The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds and fillies 121 pounds.
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Churchill Downs in 1901
Louisville Clock (often called the Louisville Derby Clock), which was dismantled in 2015