Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April 30: Lexington-Thoroughbred Center and Horse Park

Our trip to Lexington included the Thoroughbred Center where the jockeys train the horses and prepare them to run in the races.  We had  the opportunity to watch some of the thoroughbreds train on the track. 



One of the trainers discussed how they train the thoroughbreds



 
 

From there we had a short ride to the Kentucky Horse farm.  Several of the past Derby winners reside on the Horse Farm.




Some are bronze statues.

And others are alive and well and living in the lap of luxury, living according to the standards a winner should.
 At the entrance to the Horse Farm was a small stream.  As we were entering two swans were floatng together protecting their eggs  You can see the eggs in the brush near the top left of the photo.


























This guy just watched us and wondered what we were doing. 




 
And this guy just told us what he thought of us !!

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