Ferdinand's Ball Draws Celebrity Horse Lovers PARTY TIME!
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Time: 05-06-2012 19:25 User: bdgray PubDate: 05-07-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: D5 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack KY FEATURES | courier-journal.com/features THE COURIER-JOURNAL | MONDAY,MAY 7, 2012 | D5 KENTUCKY DERBY 138 Ferdinand’sBall draws celebrity horse lovers By JereDowns deck were decorated in [email protected] shades of pink and blue, The Courier-Journal the colors the horse raced in. “Real Housewives of Among guests mingling Beverly Hills” star Brandi on the rooftop were Miss Glanville hosted Ferdi- Kentucky Ann Blair Thorn- nand’sBall to benefit re- ton and Derby-winning tired thoroughbreds Thurs- jockey Kent Desormeaux. “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi day but said she couldn’t Jockey and author George Glanville and jockey Kent Desormeaux stood with party stay for the Kentucky Harrison also arrived with hostesses Aimee Wulfeck and Kim Boyle. Derby. friend Madison Kammerer “Iamintown for about in tow. 10 hours,” said Glanville, Bryan O’Halloran, astar 39, adding that her sched- of the cult film “Clerks,” ule in Los Angeles was a said he was attending out tight one. “This cause is too of sympathy for animals. precious to miss.” O’Halloran was on aswing In its third year,the gala through Louisville on his has raised $70,000 to bene- way to Nashville, Tenn., fit afarm for retired thor- where he said he would be oughbreds that otherwise directing anew travel might be vulnerable to show called “Weird Amer- slaughter or sale. ica” for outlets like the Party co-founder Kim Travel Channel. Bryan O'Halloran from “Clerks” and Miss Kentucky Ann Boyle, 25, said she expect- Show producer and Blair Thornton. ed up to 300 guests at the Southern Indiana native Frazier History Museum Todd Fischer,ofVertex on West Main Street down- Digital Studios in Louis- town, each paying $100to ville, also invited profes- $500 toward Old Friends, a sional wrestler Nick Dins- retirement facility for more. Dinsmore, 36, said thoroughbred racehorses he was just back from in Georgetown, Ky. three months in India film- “Without horses, there ing aweekly television is no Derby,” said Boyle, wrestling show called proprietor of apet bou- “Ring Ka King.” tique in the Highlands Actress and former Fox called Barkstown Road. news broadcast personality “Horses are so gentle. This Stephanie Fischer said she event keeps the focus on was glad Todd Fischer told what is important.” her about the fundraiser. Boyle and sister Aimee “That horse is asad Wulfeck created the ball in story,” she said of Ferdi- honor of Ferdinand, the nand. “This is not just a 1986 Kentucky Derby win- party to go to. The cause is ner “sent to slaughter in too precious to miss.” Japan,” the program stat- ed. Party spaces on the Reporter Jere Downs can be Bonnie-Jill Laflin and Holly Huggins. “A-List: New York’s” Derek Greg Scruggs and Chad fourth floor and rooftop reached at (502) 582-4669. Saathoffand Ellen Hagans. Williams. PARTY TIME! Louisville rolled out the red carpet during Derby weekend, hosting more than adozen star- studded bashes. Here are some photo highlights. People dance to “The Cupid Shuffle” during the Derby Hot 100party at Diamond Pub on Friday. KATIE SIMPSON/SPECIAL TO THE C-J New York Giants tackle Chris Canty attends the Derby Eve Soiree thrown by state Sen. Gerald Neal and wife Kathy Cooksie Neal at the Kentucky Center. DAVID R. Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez and LUTMAN/SPECIAL trainer Doug O’Neil at the Night of ... One Race, TO THE C-J One Winner,One Party at the Galt House on Saturday. JACOB ZIMMER/SPECIAL TO THE C-J Jockeys Pat Day, left, and John Velazquez at the Night of ... One Race, One Winner, One Party. JACOB ZIMMER/SPECIAL TO THE C-J Danny Glover at the Isaac Murphy Derby Experience and Image Awards at the Kentucky Wee-Man of “Jackass” fame attends the Center for African American Heritage on Derby Hot 100. KATIE SIMPSON/SPECIAL TO THE C-J Comedian Spike Davis entertains at the Kentucky Minority Scholarship Fund Saturday. NINA N. GREIPEL/SPECIAL TO THE C-J Derby Eve Soiree, hosted by the Neals. DAVID R. LUTMAN/SPECIAL TO THE C-J.