The Kentucky Horse Park held the John Henry Memorial Equine Horse Adoption Fair recently.  For those that missed it, this event was partly sponsored by the Kentucky Horse Council and began at 6:00 pm on June 25.  It had approximately 18 horses that were available for adoption.  This is something that is actually becoming [...]

Paris Kentucky farm owner Ralph Quillin received an award from the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council for his work that involved increasing the quality of grass management and grazing at his Bourbon County KY farm.  He currently has 120 animals and livestock on the farm. As if running his own farm wasn’t enough.  Additionally he [...]

The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is offering something new for horse enthusiasts:  specialty Kentucky license plates commemorating the event.  There is a catch for them to be produced: First, you need to be a Kentucky resident, and there needs to be 900 applications received by September 30, 2008.  [If 900 applications aren't received [...]

  This past Saturday May 17, 2008 - was the Lexington Kentucky horse farms tour officially called the Buildings & Bluegrass Tour which is put on by the Fayette Alliance. 6 Lexington KY horse farms, and 3 general agriculture farms were available for viewing by the public. (Additionally, there was a tour of [...]

Just a FYI for all of you cutting horse fans out there:  the Kentucky Cutting Horse Association (KHCA) may be returning to Shelby County KY.  Quite a few KHCA events were held at the Shelbyville fairgrounds in 2007, but negotiations fell apart this year to negotiate events to be held at the space for 2008 [...]

The Kentucky Horse Council has given grants to 6 4-H Horse Clubs in KY.  The grants were $250 each, and will be utilized for the acquisition of Horse Learning Laboratory Kits as well as other equestrian education materials for the 4-H Horse Bowl team members. The 6 4-H Horse Clubs in Kentucky that received the grants [...]

Big news in the horse industry: one of the worlds premiere horse sales agencies is going to be purchased by Synergy Investments. Synergy Investments is a Dubai based company, and is one of the companies that is led by Abdulla Al Habbai - who has close ties to the one of the world’s [...]

There is an upcoming Kentucky horse event that should appeal to horse owners interested in unique and rare breeds of horses.  Buck Creek Stables is hosting a clinic March 14-16, 2008 that will be discussing efforts to protect the Shagya Arabian horse - the event is being paid for by a grant through the Kentucky [...]

The Kentucky horse farms industry lost one of its great patrons last month.  Ronald Sladon died at the age of 78 as a result of complications from cancer on January 14 2008. To give some background, Ronald Sladon was an attorney, a manufacturer, as well as a thoroughbred horse enthusiast for a great portion of his [...]

The Louisville KY newspaper The Courier-Journal wrote an good article detailing how the Breeders Cup World Championships may return in 2010 to Louisville KY at Churchill Downs. Currently, Churchill Downs and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club located near San Diego California are vying to be the hosts for the world class event. As I’m sure everyone is already [...]