Leave your hat on for SLC's Kentucky Derby parties

How it works: "Post time" — when the horses are supposed to be at their gates — is at 4:57pm.

• Coverage begins at 12:30pm on NBC.

The parties: The big bash at La Caille is sold out — but you can join a waitlist.

• Don't worry — there are lots of options.

🚵 Ride along with Journalism, Sovereignty and Sandman — with the advantage of wheels — at the Derby-themed Tour de Brewtah. Decorate yourself or your bike for prizes, snap a pic with a horseshoe of roses and pick a "race course" of breweries to visit.

• Be mindful: You can get a DUI on a bike under Utah law. (A horse, by contrast, is not a "device" for DUI purposes, per the Utah Supreme Court.)
• When: Starts at 10am
• Tickets: $30

🍹 The Derby Day party at Lake Effect includes a buffet, hat contest, photo ops, specialty cocktails, DJ'd music, a multi-screen race experience and the highest honor that winter-sportsy Utah could bestow on the state of Kentucky: a Woodford Reserve ice luge.

• When: 3pm
• Tickets: $55

🍃 Grand America's Derby Day fundraiser brings live music, treats and tipples to the lawn, with race-watching and commentary on the terrace — plus best-dressed prizes.

• When: 4pm
• Tickets: $75

🌹 Flankers is inviting guests to doll up for specials on drinks and horsies on the screen.

• You might not win a blanket of roses, but you could win the Best Hat Contest.
• Cost: $11 for mint juleps and $9 whiskey sours