Tag: KDF
KDF Marathon And miniMarathon
The Kentucky Derby Festival (KDF) Marathon and miniMarathon kicked off the morning of April 27 in downtown Louisville.
NPC Kentucky Derby Festival Championships
The National Physique Committee (NPC) Kentucky Derby Festival Championships were held April 27 at the Galt House Hotel.
The Fillies Children’s Tea
In its fifth year, the Fillies Children’s Tea with the Kentucky Derby Festival Princesses was held April 28 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
U.S. Bank Great Balloon Glow
The Kentucky Derby Festival’s U.S. Bank Great Balloon Glow illuminated the Kentucky Exposition Center on April 26.
Fillies Ball Leads Off Derby Festivities
Five Hundred or more people will attend the 57th annual Fillies Derby Ball, one of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s oldest and most elegant events, this coming Friday at the Galt House East.
The Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race
The Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race took off from Bowman Field the morning of April 27.
A Humble History: How The Pegasus Parade Took Flight
It was a typical warm, lazy spring day when a man named Raymond “Potsie” Wimberg made one of his frequent trips to The Courier-Journal Sports Department to see sports editor Earl Ruby…
A Parade Of History
The parade, first held in 1956, is the Derby Festival’s oldest and founding event.
