Churchill Downs Magazine

The official magazine of Churchill Downs Incorporated. With a national footprint, the publication reaches Derby fans and bucket-list enthusiasts from across the country, but has a heart that is purely Louisville, Kentucky.

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In a Glass by Itself

Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Glasses Offer a Fun Challenge for Casual Fans and a Thrilling Hunt for Serious Collectors. A water glass is just a glass. Until it’s not. Some lucky glassware grows up to become the highly collectible official Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Glasses that pop up every year like the daffodils of a Kentucky springtime.

Kentucky Derby 150 Trophy

The 2024 Kentucky Derby Trophy Gets a Bold and Bejeweled New Look to Celebrate the 150th Run for the Roses. Susanne Blackinton quietly says, “I hope this year’s gold cup would have pleased him.” Her voice trailing off into a lost memory. As the creator of the Kentucky Derby winning gold trophy, she revels in being a fifth-generation silversmith for her family’s firm, S.R. Blackinton, in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Decades of Derbies

Hoping to Attend His 85th This Year, John Sutton Jr. Shares His Life Growing Up With the Kentucky Derby. The air was chilly for May, the thermometer only reaching into the 40’s. Bundled up tight by his mother, 8-year-old John Sutton Jr. and his father boarded an old rickety streetcar and traveled up Fourth Street to Churchill Downs. They paid just a couple of dollars to enter and despite the weather, found themselves shoulder to shoulder in the crowd.