Make your visit to the park even better by having a meal at our new Bit & Bridle Restaurant! We're open Wednesdays through Sundays, 11am to 3pm through March 15, 2012. In addition to the following menu, Chef Adam creates delicious daily specials like traditional Kentucky Hot Browns, Southern Fried Chicken, Country Fried Steak, soups and much more. We also have an extensive catering menu so contact us about catering your horse shows and meetings here at the park.  For information call Mary Callahan, 859-259-4212 or email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Join us for our annual

KHP Gift Shop
Christmas
Open House

December 2-3, 2011
9am-5pm

Storewide discounts

Refreshments

Free parking

Gifts, home decor, accessories, books, artwork, videos, toys, apparel, jewelry, kids' clothing, Breyer model horses, holiday decorations, and much more!

Call 859-259-4234 for more information.

Take a video tour of the KHP Gift Shop!

We're also conducting a Christmas toy drive for the Blue Grass Farms Charities, so please consider purchasing a toy at the Gift Shop to drop in the bin while you're here.  Thanks!

The Southern Lights Holiday Festival is returning for the 18th year to the Kentucky Horse Park.

Kids and adults of all ages will delight in driving tour through 3 miles of light displays with themes such as the Christmas Village, the 12 Days of Christmas, Keeneland Race Track, Show Jumping, the Spires of Churchill Downs and a brand new dinosaur display—each composed of thousands of twinkling lights. 

WHO:  Eight teams of working oxen from Maine

WHAT:  Demonstrations using oxen for a variety of activities for the public and RFD-TV

WHEN:  History Heritage Days, Nov 9-12

WHERE:  Kentucky Horse Park

WHY:  The oxen are expected to arrive from Maine on Monday.  On Tuesday, Nov 8 at 1pm, there will be good photo/video/media ops as the oxen will be hitched and going through some practice exercises in preparation for the History Heritage Days events. 

During History Heritage Days, the oxen will be showcased pulling trolleys, plowing, pulling carts and log haulers. It's a unique opportunity to see the oxen up close, speak to the handlers and learn how farming and logging was accomplished before the days of mechanization.  The highlight of the event will be the hitching of all eight teams to the antique log hauler from the early 1900s. There will activities to interest every age group and plenty of time to visit with the oxen as they perform and as they are stabled in the Big Barn alongside the horses.

HOW:  Media should park in the main Visitor Parking Lot and come through the Visitor Center to the Dressage Complex in back.  For more information, see the press release. Questions from the media should be directed to Cindy Rullman, 859-259-4209. 

Watch a video of their arrival at the park Nov 7: http://youtu.be/KacgGAXg5mU

Thank you!