Derby Day 2026

Racing for Advanced Diagnostics, Right Here at Home

Celebrate with purpose at this special event presented by Mountain Valley Bank! Your support will help bring a new PET scanner to our community, ensuring health care stays close to home for the families who need it most.

Details

When: May 2, 2026, from 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Where: Cypress – 700 Yampa Street, Steamboat Springs, CO

What: Join us for an afternoon of Derby Day festivities! With the purchase of a ticket, guests will enjoy heavy appetizers and 2 complimentary drinks. Before the race begins, we will have opportunities for guests to participate in costume contests, a wine/whiskey pull, and a drawing to win incredible prizes from local sponsors!

Why: Proceeds from this event will directly support the PET Scanner Campaign at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center.

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Tickets and Sponsorship

Individual Tickets

If you would like to purchase an event ticket, please select the “Individual Ticket” option below.

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Wine & Whiskey Pull

Purchase a ticket ahead of time for our Wine & Whiskey Pull if you would like to go home with a mystery bottle! All bottles are valued at $35 or higher – everyone wins! Limited tickets will be available for sale onsite.

Wine & Whiskey Pull Tickets

Winning Horse Drawing

Feeling lucky? To celebrate the main event, we will be hosting a ‘Winning Horse Drawing’. Guests will have a chance to read through the bios of all horses racing in this year’s event and drop their ticket(s) in the jar of the horse(s) that they believe will win. When the race is over, our staff will pull a ticket from the jar of the 2026 winning horse to determine our grand prize winner! We highly encourage purchasing the five-ticket bundle ahead of time in order to save 20%.

Horse Draw Tickets

Sponsorship

If you are interested in sponsoring our event, please reach out to Shayna Barrall at shayna.barrall@uchealth.org for more information on sponsorship-level benefits.

Be a Sponsor

Wine & Whiskey Pull

Purchase a ticket ahead of time for our Wine & Whiskey Pull if you would like to go home with a mystery bottle! All bottles are valued at $35 or higher – everyone wins!

Buy Tickets

Winning Horse Drawing

Feeling lucky? To celebrate the main event, we will be hosting a ‘Winning Horse Drawing’. Guests will have a chance to read through the bios of all horses racing in this year’s event and drop their ticket(s) in the jar of the horse(s) that they believe will win. When the race is over, our staff will pull a ticket from the jar of the 2026 winning horse to determine our grand prize winner! We highly encourage purchasing these tickets ahead of time.

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Best Dressed

Don’t delay on finding your Derby Day outfits! Our judges will be choosing one woman and one man to win “Best Hat” or “Best Outfit” at the event. Winners will receive incredible prizes donated by local sponsors and get bragging rights for the next year!