King Turkey Day, Inc. Official

10/10/2026

There were some technical difficulties with the livestream, but we are happy to report that there was a PAYCHECK WIN 🥇

Winner Winner Turkey Dinner!!! Paycheck Victorious!

Cuero Turkey Fest 2026

* Ruby: 1.4 (2 minute penalty for picking Ruby up) 3.4 sec

* Paycheck: 1.13 (40 seconds penalty) 1.53 sec

Paycheck is AGAIN The OVERALL WINNER of The Great Gobbler Gallop

and

Worthington Minnesota is AGAIN
The TURKEY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!

10/10/2026

At 10:30am Paycheck and Ruby Begonia will be going head to head in the 2nd leg of the 2026 Great Gobbler Gallop in Cuero, Texas! Watch the race LIVE on Cuero Turkeyfest - Official Event Page page. GO PAYCHECK GO!

10/10/2026

"Not all things lost are wandering.....or something? Right?"

Thank you Cuero Turkeyfest - Official Event Page and the Gobblers announcers for giving us some airtime during their homecoming game tonight!

Watch this video and listen to the interview with Paychecks race team.

Remember Ruby - nothing goes faster than a Paycheck!

10/08/2026

The KTD Delegation is quite literally “off to the races!”

See you soon, Cuero Turkeyfest 🦃

09/25/2026

Here's another view from The Globe, another longtime sponsor of our weekend!

09/20/2026

Yesterday, Paycheck and Ruby Begonia went head-to-head and now we have the final times!

PAYCHECK — WORTHINGTON, MN
• Race time: 1:08
• 8 touches × 5-second penalty = 40 seconds
• FINAL TIME: 1:48

RUBY BEGONIA — CUERO, TX
• Race time: 1:59.9
• 50 touches × 5-second penalty = 4:10
• 2 carries × 30-second penalty = 1:00
• FINAL TIME: 7:09.9

See you at the second leg of the race in October!

09/19/2026

To our community,

The King Turkey Day Board of Directors was made aware of inappropriate words and actions displayed by one of today’s parade entries. KTD does not condone this behavior, does not support these actions, and was not made aware these actions would occur. KTD is a celebration meant to unite our community in a time of celebration. Actions such as these are unacceptable and do not represent King Turkey Day, it’s Board of Directors, nor the community as a whole. We sincerely apologize to our community for these inappropriate actions.

Sincerely

Adam Dahlquist Board President

09/19/2026

We are one hour out from the 2026 Grand Parade! Check out this year’s lineup below 👇

09/19/2026

A huge thank you to the amazing sponsors who fuel Paycheck’s Race Team 🏁🦃

The first leg of the Great Gobbler Gallop kicks off today at 1:30 PM in downtown Worthington. We can't wait to see everyone there!