Don't know about scooters or wheelchairs, we did not see anybody in them during our visit. The tour is only one-half hour and you see very little of the track and the facilities. You essentially walk along the "Wall of Fame" of part Derby winners with a few stories of some of the more notable horses. Then you go into the grandstand and walk down to the trackside rail. After that, you are done and led back into the museum which is not very large. The best part of the whole experience is the movie in 360-degree surround, where you stand, that covers the history of the derby and the breeding of derby horses. It is about a half-hour long and worth the price of admission alone. All told, we spent about two hours at Churchill Downs. The parking lots are huge as can be expected and they have golf carts running around ferrying guests, at least on the way back to our car. I guess they certainly would have adequate handicap parking and transport if needed. One last thought, we did not know there would be racing on the day of our visit. We had an itinerary set to do other things in the Louisville area but we would have loved to stay and watch a few races, take in the aura of CD and maybe even make a couple of $2 bets. Our planning mistake.

You can arrive as soon as the venue opens and tour the museum until your tour starts. They will direct you when and where to meet prior to your tour. You can then visit the venue following your tour as well. Have Fun!

The general admission and historic walking tour is a great start and is fairly economical. Be sure to watch the Greatest Race movie. It is one of the my favorite parts of my visit. I took the behind the scenes tour and really enjoyed seeing Millionaires Row and Mansion areas. The training and backside tours were not offered on my visit because it was offseason. I would think the horse-involved tours would be really interesting. Like you, I am not a big horse racing enthusiast. I stopped in because I was in town and looking for something to do. After my tour I have started to tentatively plan for attending the Derby. I feel like I have to be part of it at some point. I hope you have a great experience here.

Yes, even on race days, our historic walking tour still goes out to the track! If you're lucky, you might be able to catch a race, but you do have to stay with the tour group while on Churchill Downs' property. We are closed on Thurby, Oaks and Derby, and no tours go out those days.

DeeDee, we are excited for your trip! Tickets are available for purchase now for our Golf Cart Tours in 2020, but you certainly can wait a bit to book. Thank you for planning a trip to our Museum!

Hi, horses work out early mornings, we're talkin' 5am! Our Museum opens at 8am, and if you take our first walking tour of the day, which goes out to the track, you have a very good chance of seeing horses exercising.

Yes I think so the movie is great and the tour guides are very informative also the exhibits are good too

Highly recommend the outdoor and indoor tour. The movie is great, museum probably an hour not including movie but make sure people know there is a second floor part to the museum. Several of our friends totally missed this part of the museum. Outside tour portion was an hour plus, very worthwhile, if you go in am you can see them training the horses.

4th street live has a lot of good restaurants. Steaks fish Mexican BBQ Hard Rock. It’s about 10 minutes from Churchill Downs.

Not nearby but I can definitely recommend downtown Louisville - so many choices. Mussels and Burger Bar is fabulous. And so is Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen. Fine for young people too. Very casual. Next visit I hope to make it to the Brown Hotel for the famous Hot Brown.