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Derby Days

"You all were terrific. Everyone liked the races, horse and jockey racing panels, and Backdrop. They were great and everyone loved them".

"The decorations were GREAT; and the races were a blast! The races got people up, moving around, and mixing. They enjoyed the races & the funny money.Friends called me the next day to say they had a great time with the decorations and racing--everybody loved it!"
--Ms. Kathy Wagner, Debutant Party

When Spring and the scent of Mint Julips is in the air, Derby Day is near. Imagine your party, any month of the year...

The fun and excitement builds as your guests gallop through the event armed with Premier’s custom-printed programs and a fist full of play money featuring your theme and identity.  Premier Casino Events, one of the oldest special events companies in America, is famous for interactive fun-filled events, where guests excitedly mix, mingle, and laugh together; before heading home with loads of fond memories.  So we’ve chosen internationally famous Churchill Downs, the oldest continuously operated racetrack in America, as the setting for your guests to enjoy their Thoroughbred racing experience.

Our DJ/Emcee/Track Announcer will welcome your guests with appropriate derby sound effects. Between each race he’ll play requests and a nice variety of toe-tapping danceable music.  After the trumpet blows “Call to the Post” the horses parade from the paddock area to the track.  Guests will see it all on big screen technology, and hear all the true race track terminology over our professional Bose sound system.  Pulses quicken as guests hear, “They’re at the post”!  Suddenly, the bell goes off, the starting gates fly open, and the horses explode from the starting gate.  Jockeys skillfully guide their mounts, thundering around the track, oblivious to the noise from everyone cheering their horse to the finish line.

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  6-8 Professionally taped and edited races actually run at world famous Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. 
  
  
• Official Custom-printed Racing Programs with  Handicapping/betting system. The special programs are very helpful and contain lots of information guests find useful in their quest to learn how to play.  It lists the racing lineup of each race and provides handicapping information to give your guests the “insider” edge.
  
• Custom-printed Betting Slips
  
• Custom-printed Racing Bucks
  
• Professional Style Betting Booth with 3 Pari-mutuel Windows, &
  
• Programmable sign   
  
• Our very friendly and helpful pari-mutuel clerks. 

Please see our "Video Horse Races" theme for more ideas.