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Where to find 2024 Kentucky Derby Tickets
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be the 150th renewal of the most popular event in American Thoroughbred racing. As always, the grandeur of the experience attracts many fans who wish to attend the event live. The First Saturday in May is a can't miss experience worthy of being on anyone's bucket list. Including fashion of the highest order being a large draw as an opportunity for women to wear their best “Derby Hat” and a red-carpet awaits the numerous celebrities that attend each year.
The race is over in about two minutes, but the Kentucky Derby represents much more than that. For those in attendance, it can be a grand experience filled with pomp and circumstance, generating lasting memories surrounding the premiere event for Thoroughbreds.
Fans wanting to attend the Kentucky Derby can apply for tickets online, earn VIP status through TwinSpires, or catch the excitement with a last minute seat. There are frequently special promotions and competitions that offer admission tickets. Churchill Downs offers a wide variety of ticket packages as well as general admission for the Paddock, Infield and all other Standing Room Only locations.
What does Kentucky Derby week entail?
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GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
General admission tickets provide entry to Churchill Downs, and access to non-reserved seating on the first level of the clubhouse and grandstand. The Paddock Plaza and Paddock Garden areas are also accessible using general admission. The Big Board is viewable from all of these areas, and offers a luscious 15,224 LED screen with 4K high-definition.
RESERVED SEATING AND OTHER PACKAGES
Reserved Seating and other seating experiences are also available through a variety of vendors and can offer a bundle that includes travel, hotel stay, reserved seating and other exciting add-ons.
WHERE TO BUY 2024 KENTUCKY DERBY TICKETS
Kentucky Derby Tickets are available through the Kentucky Derby website at KentuckyDerby.com.
DATES
- The Kentucky Derby will run on Saturday, May 4, 2024 and include a full day of racing and festivities.
- The Kentucky Oaks will run on Friday, May 3, 2024 and include a full evening of racing and festivities.
About the Kentucky Derby
Winning the Kentucky Derby is essential to carving out a lifetime legacy that undoubtedly rests among owners, trainers and jockeys who are targeting the most coveted championship in the entire sport. The purse for the 2023 Kentucky Derby is expected to exceed $2 million USD.
A maximum number of twenty horses can enter the starting gates at Churchill Downs, and each horse has to earn entry by competing in at least one of the prep races on The Road to the Kentucky Derby. These preps award points to top finishers of key races. The prep-race series of graded stakes races take place across North America, Europe, Dubai and Japan.
The main highlights of this series include the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, the Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park, the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds and the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
There’s no doubt that this has always been a global event which draws both massive action and interest from regular horse players and mainstream fans alike.
Churchill Downs set an attendance record with 170,513 fans with 16.1 million viewers from television in 2015. Beyond that, there was a spike in wagering as all-sources handle was reported at a whopping $194.3 million. The 2016 Kentucky Derby drew a packed house of 167,227 fans in attendance and an additional 15.6 million viewers through both online and traditional broadcasting methods.
In the 2017 edition of the Derby, rain and cold weather reduced the crowd to just 158,070 at Churchill Downs. However, the NBC broadcast and online stream drew 16.4 million viewers, which was the highest in nearly three decades. Prior to Always Dreaming claiming victory with just over $209.2 million being generated on the entire program. This set a new handle record for the illustrious race.