Each guest room has
an amazing view of
the Sound from its
room wide floorto-ceiling picture
window.
Buffalo Trace Hand
Processing
Three Chimneys
Breeding Room
Country Boy Taps
into multi-million dollar annual
fees. The breeding room is large
and well padded. Attempts are
made to keep both stallion and
mare calm during the process.
Artificial insemination is never
employed. Usually, the union is
completed within 15 minutes.
When horses retire, they are
still well cared for and some
are adopted out to deserving
institutions or individuals.
West 6th Tasting
There are approximately 450
thoroughbred farms in the Lexington
area, but there are only a few
that will allow visitors. You can
find a comprehensive list if you
scroll down to the bottom of the
above link. In all cases, you do have
to make appointments.
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We also visited the Kentucky Horse
Park. This organization is also home
to several prize stallions. For
example, Cigar earned almost $10
million during his racing career, even
though he was unable to breed.
Another new building on premises is
the Horse Museum. It illustrates how
horse sizes have been bred over the
centuries, ranging from dog size to
draft horses, the large Clydesdales
and the elegant Arabian variety.
Arabian horses were bred by
Bedouins for grace and speed, along
with durability. In battle, they
performed well against the heavier
armor-carrying horses of Europeans.
Variations of Arabian horses may
have been used by Hun and Mongol