Visiting Churchill downs and Kenneland

[tector]

CD is kind of dumpy. Historic dumpy, but still dumpy--not honeymoon material. Go when there is some significant race there.

Keeneland is quite beautiful. While it would be nice to go there where there is racing, it is not required. Better still, if you can get into the some better farms around the area, that would make a nice trip--and don't forget the Kentucky Horse Park! Also, Lexington is a much better town than Louisville.

IF your girl is big into horses (not necessarily horse racing), she could enjoy this. Of course if you are in Lexington, it is not a big deal to drive and extra hour and a half to just check out CD, purely for historic reasons.

PS: To all you telling this guy to go to the Bahamas--he's a frigging HORSE PLAYER! He's probably 30 cents short of a quarter! Cut him some slack.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by tector

Keeneland is quite beautiful. While it would be nice to go there where there is racing, it is not required. Better still, if you can get into the some better farms around the area, that would make a nice trip--and don't forget the Kentucky Horse Park! Also, Lexington is a much better town than Louisville.

IF your girl is big into horses (not necessarily horse racing), she could enjoy this. Of course if you are in Lexington, it is not a big deal to drive and extra hour and a half to just check out CD, purely for historic reasons.

What he said. This is all assuming of course that your fiance has as much of an interest in horses as do you. Several farms have hours for tours, and there are companies that will take you on a guided tour of a few farms, which is nice because they can give you the local flavor. Round out your horse experience with a visit at Old Friends.

One more thing:
Bourbon Trail.

[wild barry]

Lexington is a nice city. I would call a couple of the horse farms and make an appointment to visit. I have been to Claiborne and would do it again. The bloodhorse web site has a farm directory. Other posts here indicated that 3 chimneys and shadwell were good tours. The tour lasts about one hour. I would visit the Ky museum on CD property.