Visiting Churchill Downs is almost a spiritual experience. During the spring and fall racing seasons, it appears to be your typical horse track, but on the first Saturday in May of every year, 150,000 people come to watch 20 horses run 1.25 miles trying to win a part of the $3 million purse. Actually the party, called Derby Days, starts two weeks before the race. The history here along with the facts about some of the horses is a bit overwhelming. Only on the tour will you ever get so close to the track or sit only where the owners sit on race day. The restaurant was closed and that was a disappointment to Claudia who really had to have a Mint Julep. We made our own.