I've been to KY 3 times (many years ago), and it is horse heaven
there. It would be worth it to take a day trip to Lexington to see the
Kentucky Horse Park. I don't know what their off-season hours are, but
it's a great visit. Another thing I did was to tour some of the big horse
farms. You have to contact them in advance, and their reception
varies, but I was able to visit Spendthrift (saw Affirmed, Nashua,
Seattle Slew, Majestic Prince there), Clairborne, where we
saw Secretariat, and Calumet Farm...they weren't going to let us
come at the time, but I called when I arrived in Lexington, and they
grudgingly allowed us to wander the grounds and see Alydar and the horse
cemetery. I didn't realize until I'd read the book "Wild Ride" that
they were going through all kinds of trouble at the time (this was
in the late 70's or early 80's). Maybe a tour of the
horse farms is something that could be organized???
We are hoping to get a MN group together and charter a bus down there (one
of our members owns a charter bus company).
