Travel Packages & Lodging

For Your Comfort and Convenience

Planning a trip to Louisville for Kentucky Derby weekend? The following companies are Official Hospitality Partners of Churchill Downs and would be happy to arrange your travel and accommodations:

Kentucky Derby and Oaks Travel Packages

Derby Experiences Ticket Packages - QuintEvents

QuintEvents is the ONLY travel package and hospitality provider to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Packages include exclusive access, accommodations, VIP party hospitality venues, and more. Visit them online at www.derbyexperiences.com

Hotel Accommodations
Galt House Hotel

Galt House Hotel is the Official Hotel of Churchill Downs. Galt House offers special hotel packages for your Kentucky Derby and Oaks visit. Contact Dee Asher for Kentucky Derby group bookings at dasher@galthotel.com or call direct at 502-588-4045.

Visit Louisville

For a comprehensive listing of Louisville hotels, transportation, attractions, and other travel planning tools, visit www.visitlouisville.com, provided by the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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Poised for the Preakness, Kentucky Derby winner Orb has racing world buzzing about Triple Crown potential

If the Kentucky Derby was a coming-out party for Orb, the fabulously talented winner of five consecutive races, it was also an unveiling for his rider, Joel Rosario, who in the space of just a few months has come to be recognized as the best jockey in North America.
Orb's powerful finish a fitting finale to Kentucky Derby 139

The Kentucky Derby is the great equalizer. Sometimes the little guy wins – think Funny Cide or Mine That Bird – and sometimes the big guys get the prize. On Saturday at rainy Churchill Downs, a burgeoning star named Orb, owned by a pair of the sport's most prominent horsemen, handled by a Hall of Fame trainer, and ridden by the nation's leading jockey, splashed to a resounding and popular Derby victory.
Kentucky Derby Update - Sunday, May 5, 2013

“Sometimes I pinch myself and say, ‘Why does this happen to me?’ ” said McGaughey, noting how many talented horsemen never had the same opportunities that he has had. “When I got to really rolling, I remember many a day after we’d won a big race in New York, I’d be leaving and I’d think, ‘How lucky am I? Why is this happening to me?’ ”