Visitor Events

The Fork, Cork & Style Festival is a celebration of signature foods from around the country, celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, a wine tasting featuring 150 elite brands and innovative ways to dress up your next tailgating party. 

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Join us at Churchill Downs on Sunday, July 4, for our $5,000 Thorntons Gas Card Giveaway.

All fans through the gates will receive a voucher to be filled out and returned to the Thorntons booth located in the paddock area.

Ten winners will be chosen (one winner after each race) to receive one of ten $500 gas cards provided by Thorntons.

Gates open early this Sunday for an autograph session with our jockey colony.  Come out early to receive jockey trading cards and have a chance to get them signed.  The autograph session will take place in the paddock pavilion from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The first 2,500 guests to arrive on Sunday, June 13 will receive a free set of jockey trading cards. The jockey trading cards will be distributed at the gates to the first 2,500 patrons entering the track. The cards are a mixture of current and Hall of Fame jockeys not limited to Churchill Downs’ current jockey colony.

Show your support for Kentucky Derby winners Super Saver & Calvin Borel by sporting a button showcasing the Derby 136 winners!

5,000 buttons will be given away in the paddock area while supplies last.

Gates open at 11:30 a.m. 

First post is 12:45 p.m.