WIN DERBY FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE VALUED AT MORE THAN $10,000
FESTIVAL’S FOUNDATION SELLING EXCLUSIVE GOLDEN TICKET
October 4, 2024. Louisville, KY. – Get your Golden Tickets for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime Kentucky Derby Festival experience! It’s an opportunity for one lucky winner and a guest to win tickets to some of the Derby season’s most anticipated (and often sold out) events, including VIP tickets to Thunder Over Louisville, reserved seating at the Kentucky Derby and much more. The Golden Ticket features a prize package valued at more than $10,000.
The 2025 Golden Ticket prize package includes the following 16 experiences and prizes:
- 2 all-inclusive tickets to the 151st Kentucky Oaks and the 151st Kentucky Derby ($3,500)
- 2 all-inclusive tickets to KDF Day at the Downs on Thursday, May 1 ($650)
- Hot-Air Balloon Ride for 2 ($450)
- 2 tickets to the 2026 The Fillies Derby Ball® ($700)
- 2 tickets to BourbonVille® ($150)
- 2 tickets to the They’re Off!® Luncheon ($260)
- 2 tickets to the President’s Reception with the They’re Off!® Luncheon speaker ($200)
- 2 passes to tour the Thunder Command Center on Friday, April 11 ($200)
- 2 tickets to the Thunder Over Louisville VIP Rooftop Party ($450)
- 2 tickets to the Great Steamboat Race on the Belle of Louisville ($400)
- 2 tickets to WineFest ($150)
- 2 invitations to the VIP Reception and a ride for 2 in the Pegasus Parade as a VIP ($2,000)
- 1 signed and framed 2025 Kentucky Derby Festival Official Poster ($350)
- $100 gift card for Official Kentucky Derby Festival Merchandise
- 1 complete set of 2025 Pegasus Pins and Event Pins – including a 2025 Limited-Edition Pin ($500)
- 1 membership to the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Thorobred VIP Program in 2026 ($100)
Raffle tickets are on sale starting Monday, Oct. 7 and are $50 each. ONLY 1,500 will be sold. Don’t wait to purchase your Golden Ticket, as ticket prices will increase to $75 each on January 1, 2025. They can be purchased online at KDF.org, in person at the Derby Festival office at 1001 S. Third St., or by calling (502) 584-FEST. The winner will be drawn on March 27, 2025. Proceeds benefit the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Foundation – the charitable arm of the Derby Festival.