farm tours

Busy summer

Posted on July 15, 2009. Filed under: TheHorseySet.Net, farm tours, writing | Tags: , , , |

We all could write that same headline. I just wanted to update y’all on what’s been going on since I got my bermudas in a bunch over Uhura.
Trip to Virginia
A friend and I went to Virginia for the Hunt Country Stable Tour. I’m milking the trip for all it’s worth for posts for The Horsey [...]

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Visiting an Old Friend

Posted on February 26, 2008. Filed under: KY, farm tours, horses | Tags: , , |

The horse with his eye on the ridge ahead is Creator. (Let me know if the picture is too big and too slow to load.
He lives at the Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm. He’s handsome, egotistical (horse people call that “studly”), territorial and cheerfully willing to bite the hand that feeds him. Of course, [...]

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Homes of the Stars – Part 3

Posted on February 22, 2008. Filed under: Bloodhorse.com, farm tours, horses | Tags: , , , , , , |

As promised, here’s Part 3. If you’re reading this, then you’ve seen my question to Suzanne about obtaining photos. This kind of blog needs photos. So maybe I should just give the horse topic a rest and move on to another topic, until I get this snag solved? ;->
Anyway, I promised a Part 3, [...]

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Homes of the Stars – Part 2

Posted on February 21, 2008. Filed under: Bloodhorse.com, KY, Lexington, Smarty Jones, The Bluegrass, farm tours, horse stories, horses | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Remember Smarty Jones? (A picture would be nice here, wouldn’t it? ;-> Sorry – workin’ on it! )
Smarty won the hearts of millions in his bid for the 2004 Triple Crown. Was it his comeback story from a nearly-devastating skull fracture the year before? Or his charming senior owners, The Chapmans, who showed [...]

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Homes of the Stars – Part 1

Posted on February 20, 2008. Filed under: KY, Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Lexington, The Bluegrass, blogs, farm tours, horses | Tags: , , , , , |

Let’s say that you’re a fan of Michael Jordan. And let’s say that you find out that he offers “calling hours” every so often in his home. Wouldn’t you like to know more?
Well, if you’re a fan of champion thoroughbred race horses and if that horse is retired in the Lexington, KY, area, you just [...]

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