LEXINGTON, KY (October 20, 2010)  Following the largest event in Kentucky’s history and the largest sporting event in the United States in 2010, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the Kentucky Horse Park is announcing the following changes to their schedule:

October 15 All of the museums and grounds will be open, but the horse activities and number of horses will be limited.  There will be no horse or pony rides available. Dogs are permitted on the park.

Tickets for Unique Horse Farm Tours are available through the park’s Visitor Information Center at 859/233-4303 or 800/678-8813 or on-site in the building.  Tickets for this farm tour company are sold exclusively through the Kentucky Horse Park, with three tours daily at 9:15am, 12:15pm and 3:15pm.  Tickets are $40 for adults and $15 for kids 12 and under (not recommended for children under 4).  These tours will pick up and drop off at Fasig-Tipton on Newtown Pike.

October 15 The campground will reopen to travelers.

October 15 will be the last day the A Gift from the Desert exhibition will be open.

October 16 to 31 After the close of the A Gift from the Desert exhibition, the park will return to its normal operating schedule of seven days per week, from 9am to 5pm daily.

For additional information, please call 859/233-4303 or 800/678-8813.