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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 · 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. Ask any local, this event has become a Louisville tradition in the leadup to Derby weekend!
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 · WATCH LIVE: 2024 Great Steamboat Races. 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.
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 · The Belle of Louisville won its fourth straight Great Steamboat Race on Wednesday. Despite claims of shenanigans, the Belle was deemed the first steamboat to cross the finish line in the 60 th run of the race, which pitted her against her up-river rival the Belle of Cincinnati and southern rival, the American Countess.
26 de abr. de 2022 · BROUGH BROTHERS DISTILLERY OFFICIAL BOURBON OF GREAT STEAMBOAT RACE. April 26. 2022. Louisville, KY. – It will be a Battle of two Belles and a Countess along the Ohio River as the Liberty Financial Great Steamboat Race, returns on Wednesday, May 4.
