145Th Run for the Roses Kentucky Derby Louisville Area, KY
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145th Run for the Roses Kentucky Derby Louisville area, KY Ralph & Jan invite you to join in the excitement! May 1 - 6, 2019 (6 days) HIGHLIGHTS MAP AT A GLANCE The Kentucky Derby – Reserved Seats Indiana Illinois Derby Day Riverboat Race featuring Belle of Louisville Louisville vs. The Mary M. Miller Shelbyville Bourbon, Barbecue and Country Music Event Kentucky Louisville Slugger Museum The Hermitage Thoroughbred Nursery Day 1 – Home to Bloomington, IL Lunch at Claudia Sanders Dinner House This morning our motorcoach departs, with coffee breaks and an Undulata Horse Farm included lunch along the way, as we make our way to Bloomington, IL for an overnight. Derby Hat Boutique Included Meals: Lunch Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Bourbon & Chocolate Hotel Reception Day 2 – Bloomington to Louisville area, KY “Off to the Races” Dinner Party with After an included breakfast at the hotel, we’ll continue our joruney, Kentucky Derby Museum picking up our flyaway travelers at the airport before making our way to Louisville, home of the renowned Kentucky Derby! We will motor east to Shelbyville to the Jeptha Creed Distillery where we are guests Fly option available! at their Bourbon, Barbecue and Country Music Dinner event! A new farm-to-bottle Distillery, we’ll enjoy a distillery tour, a bourbon tast- ing opportunity, and an evening on the patio with a barbecue dinner and live Country music, complete with dancing! Jeptha Creed is one of the most modern bourbon distilleries in Kentucky & we have a fes- tive evening planned here as our kick-off event to the Derby! Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner 40 Hotel: Hampton Inn or similar (3 Nights) Day 3 – Louisville area Breakfast is included at the hotel before we’re off on an exciting & busy day! One doesn’t have to be a baseball fan to love Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory - It’s iconic…it’s linked to legends! We’ll enjoy a fascinating tour with interactive exhibits that are fun and learn how baseball is such a big part of American history. Next we’ll visit Hermitage Farms, a world-class equine operation where cham- pion thoroughbreds are born and nursed. Last January the brood- mares here gave birth to 40 foals. We will see next year’s babies at the age of 4 or 5 months. These soon-to-be racehorses will just be learning to run. Our guide will talk about these foals as well as the Belle of Louisville - one of our boats reserved for the Derby Day Riverboat Race! Farm’s past babies that grew into champions, including winners of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Breeders’ Cup and more than a horse race at the heart of this spectacle, there are many other 200 other stakes races. Lunch today will be in the banquet room of intriguing aspects within this Louisville tradition. America’s most Claudia Sanders Dinner House. This restaurant is a replica of the el- extravagant springtime sports party also includes a festival, fashion egant, old home opened by Colonel Sanders of KFC fame in 1959. show, and more! Be sure to have good walking shoes on today! It was from this very building that Kentucky Fried Chicken grew into Included Meals: Breakfast a world-wide organization. Also included on tour today is a visit to Undulata Farms, a Saddlebred Horse Farm. Listed on the National Day 5 – Louisville area to Bloomington, IL This morning after breakfast, with hat boxes and suitcases loaded, Register of Historic Places, this is where Civil War veteran Harry our group departs with another grand event checked off the Bucket Weissinger and his sons once bred the great stallion, American List! We will bring the flyaways back to the airport and then con- Born. We will tour the first two floors of the family home, the horse tinue to our overnight again in Bloomington, IL. training facility and actually see training in progress. At this time of year, it is also possible to see a new foal up close and personal! Included Meals: Breakfast Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Then we’ll have the chance to visit the Derby Hat Boutique where one can buy hats and accessories for both Men & Women. Having Day 6 –Bloomington to Home just the right Derby Hat, with the right accessories, is a very impor- After breakfast, we make our way towards home with an included tant part of the Kentucky Derby Experience as one has to dress for lunch along the way. What a unique & fun Kentucky Derby journey the Win, the Place, and the Show! This afternoon when we return this has been together! to our hotel to freshen up, gift boxes with a miniature bottle of Evan Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Williams Bourbon and Chocolate Bourbon Candy will be waiting! A fun evening is ahead as we’re “Off to the Races!” – This feature 2019 Motorcoach Dates & Prices event includes a special “Taste of Kentucky” Dinner Party complete with Kentucky favorites and Derby Pie for dessert. The Derby Mu- Dates: May 1 - 6, 2019 (6 Days) seum’s Master of Ceremonies takes over during dinner with Derby $3,199 Double $3,999 Single Racing fun. Three pre-recorded horse races will be projected on a Price Per Person: $3,069 Triple $2,959 Quad big screen, and each of us will have a race program and a stack of play money with which to wager at the row of Betting Windows Price Includes: 10 Meals, Lodging & Activities as stated in in the back of the room. Consider this a warm up to the big race brochure, Luxury Motorcoach tomorrow: a practice session to make a few bets, cheer for a favorite Deposit Due $100 deposit p/p at time of reservation. Full and share a few laughs! When each race is over, there’s time to cash Per Person: payment due 30 days prior to departure. in winnings and make fresh bets before the next race. Fun!! What a Optional Travel $198 Double p/p $254 Single memorable day this has been! Protection P/P: Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 2019 Flyaway Tour Day 4 – Louisville area Dates & Prices Bag Fees Today is the big day - The 145th Kentucky Derby!! But today’s first INCLUDED Dates: May 2 - 5, 2019 (4 Days) - Flyaway event is the Derby Day Riverboat Races! We have chartered both the Mary M. Miller and the Belle of Louisville. Once onboard there Price Per Person: $3,899 Double $4,599 Single is complimentary coffee and tea as we listen to experts providing a $3,799 Triple $3,699 Quad few insider tips on the Derby Race. They will talk about the Horses, Roundtrip airfare from MSP including all how they run in different conditions, who has the post and what Price Includes: baggage fees, taxes & surcharges, 6 Meals, that means; plus information on the trainers, their Derby History, all activities as stated in brochure, Hotels and more. There will even be a seminar on how to place a real bet Deposit Due $200 deposit p/p at time of reservation. Full at Churchill Downs! At the end of the “How to Bet” lesson, our two Per Person: payment due 45 days prior to departure. private Sternwheelers will turn downstream and with those big red Optional Travel $270 Double per $340 Single paddlewheels kicking up a feather trail of whitewater, they’ll race Protection P/P: person each other back to Louisville! Who will win?! Next is sure to be the highlight of your trip, the Kentucky Derby! We have a VIP Fast Additional Tour Information Access Pass to Churchill Downs and 1st floor Grandstand Seats in Travel Bucks: $45 per person on future travel with R & J Sec 128 near the Starting Line, in the first 10 rows. We will be at Needed Travel The Derby from about noon on to enjoy crowd watching, sample a Documents: A Valid Photo ID is required for flyaways. mint julep, and place a few bets. 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