{"id":245080,"date":"2026-04-24T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245080\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:56:07","slug":"derby-day-at-slipaway-florida-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245080\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby Day at Slipaway &#8211; Florida Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 2, Derby Day at Slipaway will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. The horse race will be broadcast live on several screens while guests sip on Buffalo Trace mint juleps, available in different flavors for $13. Slipaway will also have a selection of bourbons onsite. In the spirit of the race, attendees can also place charitable wagers, with proceeds benefiting Blessings in a Backpack SWFL.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are encouraged to don their Derby hats for a chance to win one of Slipaway\u2019s Derby competition categories, including Best Derby Hat, Best Dressed Individual and Best Dressed Couple.<\/p>\n<p>There is no entrance fee for the event, and visitors are welcome to arrive by boat and tie up at one of the venue\u2019s 26 docks or arrive by car and park onsite for free. Overflow parking and complimentary shuttle are available, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/SlipawayCape.com\/contact\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SlipawayCape.com\/contact<\/a> for directions.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/SlipawayCape.com\/Music-and-Events\/.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SlipawayCape.com\/Music-and-Events\/.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, May 2, Derby Day at Slipaway will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. The horse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-245080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}