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The Great Steamboat Race is an annual steamboat race, taking place the Wednesday before the first Saturday of May, three days before the Kentucky Derby, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The race was first run in 1963 and it takes place on the Ohio River in the span that runs between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville ...
1 de may. de 2024 · Wednesday, May 1, 2024. 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Boarding. 5:45 PM: Departure. 6:00 PM: Race Begins. As one of the original and longest standing traditions of the Kentucky Derby Festival, the Great Steamboat Race has been taking place on the Ohio River since 1963.
26 de abr. de 2023 · Learn how steamboats revolutionized American transportation and culture, and how they also became the site of deadly and thrilling races. Explore the origins, dangers and legends of steamboat racing, from the first contest in 1816 to the Great Mississippi Steamboat Race of 1870.
1 de may. de 2024 · LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Great Steamboat Race returns on Wednesday, May 1. It’s one of the oldest rivals during Derby Festival season, where the Belle of Louisville will race the Belle of Cincinnati. The two boats will compete for bragging rights and the coveted Silver Antlers in the long-running Festival favorite.
4 de may. de 2023 · Learn about the epic twelve-hundred-mile race between the Robert E. Lee and Natchez in 1870, the last great steamboat race on the Mississippi River. Find out the captains, the boats, the course, the results, and the legacy of this historic event.
4 de may. de 2023 · LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Belle of Louisville remains queen of the Ohio River for the fourth straight year. The hometown steamboat was declared the winner of the Great Steamboat Race Wednesday night following deliberations by the judges, the boat Captains, Derby Festival Officials and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Boarding for the Great Steamboat Race will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., with all the boats departing the shore at 5:45 for a 6 p.m. start. The Awards Ceremony will take place immediately following on the Chow Wagon Stage at Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront.
