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Overview
Package Features
- Four (4) nights PREMIUM HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS at The Manchester Lexington
- Check-in: Wednesday, April 28
- Check out: Sunday, May 2
- A recently opened, Michelin One Key Hotel
- Wednesday WELCOME RECEPTION
- Hosted welcome reception with hors d’oeuvres and drinks
- Reception highlights include a Kentucky Derby preview and insider tips and tricks
- Thursday BOURBON & CULTURE immersion
- Breakfast experience and morning workouts and guided visit at Keeneland Racecourse
- Guided Kentucky Bourbon Trail distillery tour
- Hosted lunch at a local distillery
- Friday THOROUGHBRED COUNTRY tour
- Grab-and-go breakfast
- Curated visits to select horse farms
- Hosted lunch
- Saturday DERBY DAY experience
- Private Derby Day breakfast buffet
- Professional Derby photo opportunity
- Deluxe motor coach transportation to Churchill Downs
- Includes Starting Gate Courtyard ticket for the Kentucky Derby
- More ticket information, including upgrades and pricing, available in the Tickets tab.
- Exclusive tour SOUVENIR or WELCOME BAG
- Including Derby and regional flair
- On-site ELITE EXPERIENCES STAFF
- Veteran, experienced staff with local knowledge will be with your throughout your tour
- All applicable TAXES and GRATUITIES
NOTE: A $1,499 per person deposit is required upon booking. Travel packages and all payments are non-refundable. Travel insurance is highly recommended to protect your travel investment.
| Single | Double |
|---|---|
| $6,409 | $4,999 |
| Triple | Quad |
|---|---|
| $4,569 | $4,359 |
- Child (12 years and under) pricing: $2,739 per child
Hotel

The Manchester Lexington
- 941 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40508
A spirited place in Lexington’s Historic Distillery District. Kentucky poet Wendell Berry once said of his home soil, “What I stand for is what I stand on.” The Manchester follows suit — a handsome monument built to Lexington Kentucky’s unbridled enthusiasm, warm Southern light, and full-galloped feeling.
The Manchester distills — pun very much intended — the quintessential Kentucky high life into one mid-century maximalist property. Every facet of the hotel feels — from the loft-style brick façade to the warm, convivial public spaces, decorated in stained wood, leather, and brass. Rooms emanate a sense of prestige with well-chosen textiles, wainscoting, and oversize headboards. The rooftop tiki bar is a hit with the locals, and doesn’t hold back on campy Sixties vibes.
Please Note: Max Occupancy: 4 // Max Adults: 4 & Max Children: 3
Highlights
Welcome Reception
Begin the Derby experience with a hosted welcome reception at a stylish local venue, featuring curated food and beverages and insights from our respected horse racing industry expert, Barry Northern.

Bourbon & Culture
Experience the craftsmanship and history of Kentucky bourbon with a guided distillery visit. Begin your morning with breakfast and morning workouts at Keeneland Racecourse. Followed by a guided distillery tour including tastings and lunch.

Thoroughbred Country
Thoughtfully designed excursions showcasing Kentucky’s equine heritage, including the American Saddlebred Museum, guided visits to select horse farms, and included lunch.
Kentucky Derby Day
Round-trip luxury transportation to Churchill Downs for Derby Day, with an included Starting Gate Courtyard ticket. Saturday includes a breakfast buffet and Derby photo opportunity. If you would like to upgrade your seating, please see the Tickets tab for more information and pricing.
Map
Click the top left corner of the map to open the menu and explore Lexington along with points of interest.
Tickets
Churchill Downs
700 Central Ave, Louisville, KY 40208
Kentucky Derby Experiences packages include Saturday (Derby Day) tickets located in the Starting Gate Courtyard (Sections 5-15):
- Nestled near the iconic Kentucky Derby starting gate, Starting Gate Courtyard Reserved Seating offers uncovered, comfortable seating options.
- Enjoy both covered and uncovered padded fold-down stadium-style seating that provides spectacular views of the racetrack, ensuring you won’t miss a moment of the action.
- All-Inclusive food and beverage menu, including beer, wine, spirits, non-alcoholic options, and concessions.
- Guests have access to the Frontside and Paddock Viewing areas of the facility on the first floor for Derby day.
Ticket upgrades are available in the following locations:
- Clubhouse Box Seating: $299 additional, per person
- Sections 111-113
- First Floor Box Seating typically offers a reserved box with padded fold-down seats on the first floor or “100 level” of the facility. These boxes are located outdoors, overlooking the dirt and turf racetracks, and include seating options from the finish line to the first turn of the track.
- Uncovered box seating that includes all-inclusive food, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages.
- First Turn Reserved Seating: $1,299 additional, per person
- Sections 2001-2013
- First Turn Reserved Seating allows guests to enjoy the famous, media-worthy angle of the Kentucky Derby Walkover, where contenders and their connections parade along the track from the barn area to the Paddock prior to the big race. Guests can enjoy expansive views of the whole track from the 2nd and 3rd level.
- Covered, outdoor, stadium-style seating with includes all-inclusive food, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages.
- Starting Gate Box Seating: $1,799 additional, per person
- Sections 323-325
- Third Floor Box Seating typically offers a reserved box with padded fold-down seats on third floor or “300 level” of the facility. Boxes are located outdoors and covered, overlooking the dirt and turf racetracks, and are located across the entire homestretch of the racetrack.
- Includes all-inclusive food, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages.
- Clubhouse Box Seating: $2,299 additional, per person
- Sections 318-322
- Third Floor Box Seating typically offers a reserved box with padded fold-down seats on third floor or “300 level” of the facility. Boxes are located outdoors and covered, overlooking the dirt and turf racetracks, and are located across the entire homestretch of the racetrack.
- Includes all-inclusive food, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages.
Important ticket information:
- A detailed Churchill Downs seating chart can be viewed by clicking here.
- All seating includes all-inclusive food, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages. Click here for a sample concession menu and here for a sample beverage menu.
- You may request specific seat sections, covered or uncovered seating, etc. during the reservation process but please note ticket preferences cannot be guaranteed.
- Elite Experiences works with trusted, third-party ticket vendors to secure the best ticket locations available. However, tickets are generally not delivered until approximately 2-3 days prior to the Derby. Tickets can be located anywhere within specified sections.
Itinerary
- Individual arrivals into Lexington
- Hosted welcome desk with Elite Experiences team, program materials, and souvenirs
- Evening welcome reception featuring hors d’oeuvres, open bar, and an insider Derby preview with our horse racing industry expert, Barry Northern
- Breakfast experience and morning workouts and guided visit at Keeneland Racecourse
- Guided Kentucky Bourbon Trail distillery tour
- Hosted lunch at a local distillery
- Return to the hotel mid-afternoon
- Evening at leisure in downtown Lexington
- Grab-and-go breakfast
- Curated visits to select horse farms
- Hosted lunch
- Afternoon and evening at leisure
- Private Derby Day breakfast buffet
- Professional Derby photo opportunity
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation to Churchill Downs
- Attend the Kentucky Derby
- Evening return to Lexington
- Hotel check out
- Individual departures (or optional extended stay)
$4,999 per person, double occupancy
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