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      The Samuel Culbertson Mansion
 Louisville's Most Historic Inn
1432 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
 502.634.3100;  866.522.5078 toll free
inn@culbertsonmansion.com

 

Kentucky Derby Banquet 2006
(A Culinary Tour of the Great American Racing Classics)
 ”A Triple Crown Banquet”

 

Winners of the Triple Crown

1919     Sir Barton

 

1946     Assault*

1930     Gallant Fox*

 

1948     Citation*

1935     Omaha*

 

1973     Secretariat

1937     War Admiral*

 

1977     Seattle Slew

1941     Whirlaway*

 

1978     Affirmed

1943     Count Fleet*

 

2006     ?

   * = Samuel Culbertson President or Chairman of Churchill Downs

 

 

The Samuel Culbertson Mansion
 Historic Inn

1432 S. Third Street
Louisville, KY  40208
502-634-3100
inn@culbertsonmansion.com

 

 

 


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Derby Banquet Menu 2006
”A Triple Crown Banquet”

 

1.
 At the Starting Gate
 Smoked Kentucky Spoonfish
with Spoonfish Caviar

1.

2.
 They’re off! (Triple Crown Appetizer Plate)
 Mini Louisville Hot Brown
Belmont Stuffed Mushroom
Maryland Crab Cake

1.

3.
 The First Turn
 Pimlico Chicken Soup
or
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Belmont Park
 1.

4.
 Down the Backstretch
 Kentucky Derby Salad
with Bourbon Vinaigrette and Benedictine

 

5.
 Last Turn
 The Colors of the Triple Crown
 Raspberry, Peach and Lemon Sorbet

1.

6.
 The Home Stretch
 Chateaubriand with Henry Bain Sauce
 Lobster Newburg
 Maryland Style Vegetables

1.

8.
 The Finish Line
 Derby Pie with Bourbon Jubilee
Coffee

1.
 In the Infield:
 Fresh Bread and Cheese

 

 

 

Wines
 Stag’s Leap Chardonnay
Sterling Merlot

 

 

A Triple Crown Banquet

 

Welcome to The Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the Triple Crown of Racing!  Tonight we are taking you on a culinary tour of The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness and The Belmont Stakes.

 

We begin with Kentucky Spoonfish, a type of sturgeon related to the Russian Beluga of the Caspian Sea, and a caviar that is comparable in flavor to beluga and sevruga.  This is Kentucky’s gourmet treat!

 

The appetizers represent all three venues of the Triple Crown on a single plate.  For the Louisville portion, we considered the cheeseburger as a signature dish of the city, and then decided on the Louisville Hot Brown, a dish loved in this city since 1926, eight years before Louisville produced the first cheeseburger.  The Maryland crab cakes were brought in from Baltimore, and the mushrooms , well they were recommended by the head of the New York Racing Commission.

 

For the soup course, we give you a choice of two signature soups: Pimlico race track’s signature chicken noodle soup, or Belmont Park’s Manhattan style clam chowder. 

 

The main course will be the Kentucky classic derby dish, filet of beef with Henry Bain sauce. Henry Bain sauce created the sauce that bears his name at the prestigious Pendennis Club in Louisville in 1881. (Sam Culbertson was president of the Pendennis in the early 1900s).  Along with that, we serve a classic New York dish, Lobster Newburg, which dates from 1876 and Delmonico’s Restaurant. 

 

For dessert, we end back in the Bluegrass with Derby Pie, along with a Kentucky Bourbon version of Cherries Jubilee.

 

Enjoy!!