Another great reason to live in a Louisville house - The Breeder's Cup

Louisville’s historic Churchill Downs will host the Breeders Cup 2010 on November 5th & 6th.  This will be the seventh time that the Breeders Cup World Championships have taken place at Churchill Downs.

This is Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious global event and is the year-end Championships featuring the “best of the best”.  The event consists of 14 races and a $25.5 million in purses.

Churchill Downs, which is the legendary home of the Kentucky Derby, has been the site of six of the seven largest crowds in Breeders’ Cup history. Visitors from all over the world attend but you can “bet” that Louisville attendees make up a huge portion of the crowd.  Kentuckians love their horse racing!

I don’t know if many Louisville houses are sold as a result of the event, but we should seize the opportunity to market our beautiful city as being a great place to live!

This is not only wonderful for the track and the horse industry in Kentucky, but the business owners and the state and local governments will benefit from the economic boost  this major international event will provide to Louisville and to the Sate of Kentucky.

If you can’t attend, the event will be televised on ESPN, ABC and to a worldwide audience of more than 120 countries.

For more information visit BreedersCup.com.