LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - It’s not Derby Eve in Lexington without the Poor Man’s Harlan County Derby Eve Party. “So many people have said, ‘Oh, I’ve been going to the Poor Man’s Derby Eve party for years,’ and ‘I’ve known about this for 30 years,’” said Tanner Ransdell with the K Club. An evening of benefiting local charities that, for 49 years now, has made a difference.