“We have loyal people who come year after year and I have the pleasure of talking to people from all over the country and that is so much fun. Oklahoma, Texas, New York!”
— Wilma Barnstable, 83-year-old matriarch of the Barnstable family, in W magazine after Friday’s annual Barnstable-Brown Derby party.
Related: Both of Tiger Woods’ exes made the party rounds Derby weekend — and organizers were ordered to keep the two blondes apart (Fox News).
Boulevard noticed the jet-share company’s logo appeared prominently on winner Nyquist’s post-run blanket, as well as ball caps worn by the thoroughbred’s owner Paul Reddam and others during TV broadcasts and other news media.
Based in the Boston area, Sentientannounced a multi-year agreement with Churchill Downs in February, under which the company would offer exclusive benefits to Derby and Kentucky Oaks guests.
How prominent was Sentient’s role? Look no further than this photo Boulevard took of today’s Courier-Journal sports section:
“We never have gone to one of these parties because we’re usually stressing the night before. This year, we’re just relaxed, chilled and enjoying the moment.”
— celebrated white-haired horse trainer Bob Baffert, speaking to The Courier-Journal about attending the first Vanity Fair derby party at 21c Museum Hotel Friday night.
It’s the drink that prompted Ernest Hemingway to throw his glass against a wall. Even Teddy Roosevelt had a recipe of his own, according to Town & Country’s history of the Derby favorite.
To be sure, there are lots of variations on the traditional recipe. The Ralph Lauren-owned Polo Bar’s version is made with Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, muddled with strawberries and served in a glass etched with the clothing designer’s signature Polo pony motif, says Vanity Fair.
Real estate kingpin Ryan Serhant, one of the stars of Bravo channel’s “Million Dollar Listing New York,” hit the black carpet (yes: black) last night at the invitation-only Vanity Fair Derby party at 21C Museum Hotel. The event drew 350 people, says WLKY.
Of course, the hosts were there, too: fashionably-dressed hotel co-founders Steve Wilson (second from left), and Laura Lee Brown (second from right) . . .
Related: Vanity Fair recalls Louisville native Hunter S. Thompson‘s famously blurry-eyed account of his 1970 Derby tour. And The Courier-Journal has photos from that other Derby Eve party.
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It’s the drink that prompted Ernest Hemingway to throw his glass against a wall. Even Teddy Roosevelt had a recipe of his own, according to Town & Country’s history of the Derby favorite.
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