LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Drivers in the Friday morning commute got to enjoy a sky full of hot air balloons during the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race.
All the balloons took off from Bowman Field at about 7 o’clock Friday morning.
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The Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race is a Hare & Hound Race.
One balloon took off first and is the Hare balloon (U.S. Bank Balloon piloted by Scott McClinton).
The other balloons are called the Hounds, and they launched at a predetermined time after the hare (usually 5 to 10 minutes after). The Hare lands at a suitable site and lays out a large fabric X, usually about 50 feet in diameter.
The Hound balloons attempt to drop their markers as close to the center of…
