Kentucky Derby Festival releases 2019 Pegasus pin design

February 15, 2019

Erica Bivens,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Kentucky Derby Festival released the design for the 47th edition of their Pegasus Pin. The 2019 design is inspired by the Festival’s official uniform jacket, released last spring. The plastic pin is a miniature version of the jacket in fuchsia and Caribbean blue.

Each 2019 Pegasus Pin comes with an opportunity to win one of the Festival’s Grand Prizes when registered with the KDF App or online at PegasusPins.com. The pin envelopes also include coupons with special discounts from local retail partners.

The first shipment of 2019 Pegasus Pins arrives on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. They will be delivered to the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience on Main Street.

Festival Officials, along with Evan Williams Bourbon Experience Artisanal Distiller, will be hand-dipping the Evan Williams Pegasus Pin bottles in gold wax. The special edition Evan Williams Single Barrel bottles commemorate the 47th edition of the Pegasus Pins and the 64th Kentucky Derby Festival, with a Gold Pegasus Pin sealed in gold wax on the neck of each bottle.

Kentucky Derby Festival pin with gold

The Pegasus Pin sponsorship program began as an awareness campaign for the Derby Festival in 1973. At that time, only 10,000 of the plastic pins were produced. The 1973 version of the pin is valued at $800-$1,000 and it’s rare to find them.

Since then, the pins have become one of the primary sources of funding for Derby Festival events. A pin sponsorship investment is a way fans can support the Kentucky Derby Festival, a not-for-profit organization. More than 250,000 of the pins are produced each year.

The pins will be available to the public in March and will sell for $6 each at 1,000 retail locations and online. The price at the entrance to events will be $7.

Festival Fun Packs, which include a package of 5 Pegasus Pins, also return this year for $25. Children 6 and under are not required to have a Pegasus Pin for admission to Festival events.

More information on the Pegasus Pin program can be found HERE.