The first year of Ferdinand’s Ball I did not attend but I did send a beautiful piece of sculpture,”Buck”, in support of their efforts to help fund Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, KY. The two beautiful young sisters, Kim Boyle and Aimee Boyle Wulfeck, bravely welcomed me the following year to come to the event and Paint a piece of art Live, during the event, which would become part of their Silent Auction ~ and I have been doing it ever since! The Party has grown in popularity year after year, drawing more and more attention to their mission, ad their cause: Provide dignified retirement facilities to the many amazing racehorses that have provided joy, value, beauty, ride, and in many cases millions of dollars, once they can no longer perform either on the track or at the stud farm.
Ferdinand’s Ball remains the only Derby Week Celebrity event that supports - the horses!!!
Held every year on the Thursday evening before the Derby - it will be on May 5, 2016 - it takes place at the Muhammed Ali Center in downtown Louisville.
How fitting - that “The Greatest” - supported compassion for all.
Visit the website - Watch the Video, and please consider this event in your Derby plans. It is a night to remember - for a very special cause.
