Witness “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” and mark it off your “bucket list”
•5 nights at the pastoral Embassy Suites Hotel, Lexington
•Attend the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby
•Tour Lexington in the heart of Bluegrass Country and Frankfort, Kentucky’s Capital City
•Visit Undulata, Kentucky Horse Park, Keeneland, My Old Kentucky Home, Maker’s Mark Distillery, Kentucky Derby Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Nation Historic Site
•10 meals: 5 breakfasts, 2 lunches,
3 dinners and the famous nightly Manager’s Reception
•Round trip airfare to Cincinnati/from Louisville
•Door-to-door airport transportation
•Tour Director: Clayton Whitehead
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Day 1
Northern Kentucky International Airport near Cincinnati is your gateway to the Bluegrass State. Arrive in Lexington in time for the Manager’s Cocktail Reception. Dinner follows in the hotel, a beautiful and award-winning property situated in a rural area in the heart of horse country.
- Embassy Suites – 5 nights
- Dinner is included this day.
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Day 2
A morning drive to Shelbyville spotlights Undulata, one of the finest Saddlebred Horse farms in the country. You’ll witness the morning workouts from the comfort of an indoor arena. Lunch is served at famous Claudia Sanders Dinner House. (The Colonel’s wife could cook, too!) Then you’re off to the Capital City of Frankfort to see the Kentucky State Capitol, Liberty Hall and the sweet stop known as the Rebecca Ruth Candy Kitchen. The bourbon balls are divine!
- Full breakfast is included this day.
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Day 3
Depart after breakfast for Louisville and the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby. Don’t forget your hat! The Derby is only one of 12 races run at Churchill Downs today. You’ll be there for most of them. There is roughly one race every 45 minutes to an hour. Between races you eat, drink, socialize and dish everyone else’s hat! Derby post time is in the early evening. Your seats are located on the fourth turn in the Grandstand Terrace – First floor, Section 126 or 127. Following the long but exciting day, head back to Lexington to count your winnings.
- Full breakfast is included this day.
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Day 4
A tour of the Lexington area includes a visit to Keeneland to view the morning workout. As you drive along miles of pristine pastures, barns and white painted fences, you’ll understand why this is the heart and soul of the American equine industry. Your tour ends at the Kentucky Horse Park, a beautiful state park dedicated to all things horse. Don’t miss the Parade of Breeds and Hall of Champions. Dinner serves up a heaping helping of Southern cooking.
- Full breakfast and dinner are included this day.
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Day 5
It’s time for a roadtrip! First, visit Bardstown and My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Stephen Foster wrote Kentucky’s state song while visiting his cousins here in 1852. Tour the stately Georgian mansion and lovely grounds, then you’re off to a rural area outside Hodgenville to visit the site where Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. No trip to Kentucky would be complete without a stop at a bourbon distillery, and you’re seeing the best – Maker’s Mark near Loretto, a National Historic Landmark. After cocktails, you’ve earned a good dinner, and you’ll get it at the famed Columbia Steakhouse, a Kentucky landmark for over 60 years.
- Full breakfast and dinner are included this day.
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Day 6
Following breakfast, return to “Derby Town” to visit the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, followed by a Hot Brown lunch – a Louisville tradition. Finally, learn about an essential ingredient of “America’s favorite pastime” (next to horse racing, that is) with a stop by the Louisville Slugger Plant & Museum. Return to Sacramento from Louisville.
- Full breakfast and lunch are included this day.
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6 Days · 10 Meals
Your trip includes all accommodations, airfare from Sacramento*, all listed activities and the services of a Sports Leisure Tour Director
*If applicable. Not traveling from Sacramento? Not a problem, just give us a call.
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