Horse Farm Tours

Has anyone used ';Horse Farm Tours, Inc'; or ';Unique Horse Farm Tours'; or any other tour agency that you would recommend? We would really like to see a working farm.

Horse Farm Tours

I don%26#39;t have first hand experience with any of the tours since I live here. However in yesterday%26#39;s Herald-Leader there was an insert which had descriptions of some of the more noted horse farms as well as a listing of all the tour companies. You might call the newspaper for a copy and see which farms interest you the most then find the company that goes there.

Good luck.

Horse Farm Tours

I also don%26#39;t have any specific recommendations on a company, just to book early! And if you are coming during Keeneland, you are less likely to get to tour a working farm because they are all so busy. Weekdays during a slower time of year lets you see more on all the tours.

For the first time we booked a private tour guide on our recent trip to Lexington. I *highly* recommend doing this. For one thing, our guide, Mary Ann Squires, was not only a tour guide but also a horsewoman (she breeds and races her own horses) so she was very knowledgeable. She showed us things that are not in any travel guides, that we would never have found on our own. Most important, she had connections and she was able to get us in for tours to some horse farms that are not open to the public. With her help, we were able to ';meet'; some of our favorite retired racehorses in person. And not in the company of 25 other people, either! She came with us in our car, and we had a fabulous time with her. I highly recommend Mary Ann Squires: (859) 312-1124.

Also wanted to add: All the stallion farms are working farms. From February through June, they are in the midst of breeding season, and very busy. A few have regularly scheduled public tours (notably Three Chimneys, Lanes End, Darley and a few others), but most do not, and in the spring they are less likely to accommodate visitors. The worst time is the week before the Kentucky Derby, or when the sales are on at Keeneland (check keeneland.com for info). Also, the tours are usually free, but it is customary to tip the groom who showed the horses for you.

The Three Chimneys tour is the most popular, but we had the best time at Lanes End. The people there are really nice, and we got to touch the horses and even feed them a peppermint or two. It%26#39;s not a petting zoo, of course, and these animals are worth mega millions, but for those athletes we had admired when they were racing, getting to stroke them was a special treat.

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