2008 Bourbon County Secretariat Festival

Please join us for the First Annual Bourbon County Secretariat Festival events on September 19 - 20.

September 19: All festival sponsors are invited to attend a dinner honoring Mrs. Penny Chenery and Secretariat from 6 - 9 p.m. at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Claiborne Farm of Paris, Ky., is named the Triple Crown Sponsor at $10,000 and other sponsorship levels include the Kentucky Derby Sponsors ($5000); Preakness Stakes Sponsors ($2500); and the Belmont Stakes Sponsors ($1000). The Museum houses the 1973 Triple Crown Trophy for Secretariat along with the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes trophies and other memorabilia.

September 20: The 2008 Bourbon County Secretariat Festival will be held at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Paris, Kentucky, from 9a.m. to 6 p.m. A variety of activities throughout the day will be honoring the memory of this great racehorse who retired in 1973 and stood at stud at the world renowned Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Admission to the Festival is $5 per person with children under 12 free of charge. Food, bluegrass music, horse demonstrations, carriage rides and Secretariat’s official racing films will fill the day. The highlight of the Festival will be a Secretariat Look-Alike Contest from 4-6 p.m. where Mrs. Chenery and other friends of Secretariat will award winners in four categories: Triple Crown Champion, Kentucky Derby Winner, Preakness Stakes Winner and Belmont Stakes Winner. Cash prizes will be awarded that evening to the winners.

To enter your horse in the Secretariat Look-Alike Contest, please click here to download the Secretariat Look-Alike Contest Application.