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All proceeds from the Red Leggett Memorial Duck Derby presented by Be Blessed Orange Texas are used to provide meals for backpack food programs in the Orange County schools. Be Blessed Orange Texas provides weekend meals for children within the Orange County schools. Each week students receive a meal bag that gets sent home in their backpacks. For the 2025-2026 school year, Be Blessed Orange Texas provided meals to 527 students in 4 school districts.
Everyone who adopts a duck is entered into eQuack, a database that stores all of the duck data. Next to your name in eQuack is the number of ducks you have adopted. eQuack then shuffles all the ducks randomly and automatically assigns your duck tag numbers. Every duck gets a tag!
We will drop 5,000 ducks at the Red Leggett Memorial Duck Derby! Each duck will have its personalized tag on it, so it is clearly identified as it crosses the finish line!
Tag numbers are randomly assigned by eQuack. To ensure there are no unfair advantages and to protect the integrity of our race, duck tag numbers are not released to the public. Rest assured, however, that all the ducks you have adopted will be in the water.
If all our ducks have not been adopted by race day, it means that a lucky adopter can still adopt up to an hour prior to the race. Their names will be placed at random into the mix, next to a number that does not already have a name by it. Anyone can adopt until an hour before the race begins, as long as the race is not sold out.
The Red Leggett Memorial Duck Derby presented by Be Blessed Orange Texas will take place on April 17, 2027 at The Cove Marina. A total of 5,000 ducks will be launched into the bayou at approximately 3:00 pm.
Be Blessed Orange Texas will contact you using the information you provided with your duck adoption. You do not need to be present to win.
Rubber ducks, silly!
Anyone! However, you must be at least 18 years old to adopt a duck.
No. After you adopt your duck, the Red Leggett Memorial Duck Derby team will work hard to train, coach, and make sure each one is ready for the Duck Race. After the race, all of the ducks will fly off to their next race somewhere in the US.
No, the winner does not need to be present to win. We do hope you will join us for the festivities though!
If all 5,000 ducks have not been adopted as of one hour prior to Drop Time, the remaining ducks will be available for adoption on race day at the onsite adoption booth at the Red Leggett Memorial Duck Derby.
Please contact us by emailing leggettkm@gmail.com or calling our Duck Queen, Katherine, at 409.313.2739.
Still have questions?
Email leggettkm@gmail.com or call our Duck Queen, Katherine, at 409.313.2739.