Coming to the park during Spring Break?

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 13, 2012)  The Kentucky Horse Park’s 34th season is set to begin Thursday, March 15, when the park returns to its regular hours of 9am to 5pm daily through November 4. Visitors will be entertained and delighted as the park features special events and themed weekends throughout the season.

Highlights of this season will include the park’s newest attraction, the Kids Barn, which features interactive exhibits, while the park’s education department staff will host daily hands-on activities with the park’s resident horses in the Kids Barn each day.

The 30,000th person to "like" the Kentucky Horse Park on facebook will win 2 free tickets to the Kentucky Horse Park and the American Saddlebred Museum, with free admission to "The Horse" blockbuster exhibition in our International Museum of the Horse. 

At the park, the winner will have a personal "meet and greet" with our rare, white Thoroughbred, White Prince. 

Afterward, the winner will also receive 2 free tickets for "Unique Horse Farm Tours" which starts at the Kentucky Horse Park and visits some of Kentucky's most famous horse farms in the world by van. 

Good luck!

 Photo of White Prince by PixBySteve.com

Congratulations to Brian Gibson of Monticello, Arkansas for being our 30,000th facebook fan!

"The Horse" is the most recent blockbuster exhibition in the International Museum of the Horse here at the Kentucky Horse Park. 

"The Horse" beautifully explores how nature's most majestic creature has shaped our world through140 artifacts and cultural objects from around the world including a complete Samurai saddle from Japan, a full suit of 15th-century German horse armor, and Native American horse accoutrements. Bringing the exhibit to life are a stunning 220-square foot diorama that depicts the horse’s ancestors, a high-definition video that captures in slow motion the rippling muscles of a Thoroughbred race horse, and an interactive video of a life-size horse where visitors can investigate a horse’s pulmonary and digestive systems and other biological traits.

Assembled by the American Museum of Natural History, "The Horse" is the largest travelling exhibition of equine art, artifacts and memorabilia ever assembled and it's on display through April 6, 2012.

Tickets to "The Horse" will make great Christmas gifts for the horse lover in your family, or for those who are simply interested in history and art.  It's also full of interactive exhibits for kids.

"The Horse" is included with Kentucky Horse Park admission for only $10, or you can purchase a "museum only" ticket for $8, which will also include the American Saddlebred Museum.  

To purchase tickets for "The Horse," call 859-259-4280 or stop by the Kentucky Horse Park Wed-Sun, 9am to 5pm.

Get more information on this fantastic exhibition,"THE HORSE."