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Millionaires Row

The Kentucky Oaks was traditionally known as "Louisville's Day at the Races", but as the race for fillies becomes more prestigious, more and more celebrities are flocking the "Run for the Lilies".

Many celebrities now make a weekend of their Derby experience attending both the Derby and oaks, and others who are not lucky enough to get a Millionaire's Row seat on Derby day have found the Oaks to be just as exciting.


Celebrated attendees, by year

2004 Anna Nicole Smith, William L Golden, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, Lynn Redgrave, Kid Rock, Carson Daly, Brooks and Dunn, Taylor Dayne, Shelly Morrison, Nicole Richie, Travis Tritt, Rob Thomas, Chuck Woolery, Jermaine Dupri, John M Montgomery, Boys II Men, Macy Gray, Dennis Hopper, George Strait
2003 Janet Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Tobey Keith, Kid Rock, Slash, Sigourney Weaver, Bo Derek, Dan Aykroyd, Sara Rue, Evan Marriott, Steven Speilberg, Troy Aikman, Rick Pitino, Maury Povich, Connie Chung, Bob Costas, Tom Hammond, Pamela Anderson
2002 George Strait, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Alice Cooper, Dennis Hopper, Bo Derek, Melissa Joan Hart, Jerry O'Connell, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, P. Diddy, Francis Ford Coppola, Angelica Houston, Heather French Henry, Rachael Leigh Cook, Joe Ugly, Chris Redman
2001 Shannon Elizabeth, Joe Ugly, Tony Bennett, Chris Redman, Peyton Manning, Courtney Cox, Warren Moon, French Stewart, Wendie Malick, Mellisa Joan Hart, Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock and Bo Derek
2000 Current President George W. Bush Jr. and his father, past President George W. Bush Sr., KidRock, Bo Derek, John Michael Montgomery and two members of the Back Street Boys
1999 Muhammad Ali, Donald Trump, Bo Derek, Eriq LaSalle, Ed Asner, Jennifer Tilly, Al and Tipper Gore, Luke Perry, Rush Limbaugh, Joan Rivers, Fran Drescher, Travis Tritt
1998 Teri Hatcher, Robert Duvall, Rick Pitino, Jack Nicholson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Prince Albert of Monaco, Sylvester Stallone, Bo Derek
1991 General Norman Schwarzkopf, Lee Iaccoca, John Goodman, Morgan Freeman, Michelle Phillips
1988 Steve Garvey, Bobby Knight, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor
1982 Walter Cronkite, Armand Hammer, Stan Musial, Dan Issel, Waylon Jennings
1976 John Wayne, Telly Savalas, Robert Goulet, Howard Cosell
1974 Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, Bob Hope, David Brinkley
1969 President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon
1968 Joe Namath
1961 Prince Ranier of Monaco
1951 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Greer Garson
1950 Bob Hope, Claudette Colbert
1947 Admiral "Bull" Halsey
1941 Lana Turner, Don Ameche
1937 Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, J. Edgar Hoover
1930 Lord Derby