LEXINGTON — July 18, 2026 brought the twenty-third running of the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance to Lexington, benefiting UK Golisano Children’s Hospital. For over two decades, this event has grown richer in tradition every year, with collectors, enthusiasts, and friends throughout the Commonwealth and across the country, gathering together in celebration of automotive artistry, heritage, and innovation.
One of the top three Concours nationally, the other two being Pebble Beach, California, and Ault Park in Cincinnati, the Keeneland Concours brings together the rich tradition of the seventeenth-century French aristocracy and a prestigious event where rare, vintage, and classic vehicles are displayed and judged on historical accuracy, technical merit, presentation, and cleanliness.
This year, the Ferrari was the featured marque, with its iconic emblem of the prancing horse, bringing together thoroughbred racing and automotive excellence. Additionally, in celebration and honor of America’s semi-quincentennial, several car classes were added: Studebakers, Military Class, and Truck Class, bringing the total to twenty-one classes of nine cars each.
This event embraces a broad swath of enthusiasts from carriage collectors to traditional Concours participants to “the new breed of young timers who will inherit the mantle of car collectors. It’s wonderful to share the artistry of the automobile, the Bluegrass, and Keeneland for such a great cause,” said Tom and Connie Jones, co-chairs of the event.
