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Unwanted Thoroughbreds: A Challenge for Sellers
by: Deirdre Biles
November 02 2008, Article # 13008
Copyright Blood-Horse Publications. Reprinted with permission of copyright owner.
With the economy struggling and the buy-back/no bid rates at Thoroughbred auctions rising, the issue of unwanted horses is a growing concern. Antony Beck, president of Gainesway Farm in Lexington, decided to try to do something about it, by sponsoring an adoption service on the Web site of The Blood-Horse's sister publication, The Horse.
The site will allow Thoroughbred owners to list information about horses they are willing to give away free to good homes in the United States. Full Article
Visit the Kentucky Equine Humane Center for more details.February 28 March 1
Intercollegiate Show, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Michelle Zimmer (859) 340-0262 or visit www.lakesidearena.com
March 1
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 3
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 5 7
Country Heir Indoor Hunter Jumper Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Indoor Arena 8:00am - 6:00pm
Contact: Frankie Stark (513) 875-3318 or visit www.countryheir.com
March 6 7
McCauley Bros. Reining Classic (NRHA), Lakeside Arena
Health Certificate and Negative Coggins Required
Time: 9am
Contact: Lon & Cathy Oyster (859) 887-0033 or crhorses@insightbb.com
March 6 7
Keeneland Pony Club Mounted Games, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact: Shelley Ryan (859) 224-3411
March 8
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 10
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 13
Introduction to Single Driving, Kentucky Horse Park
With a strong emphasis on safety, this basic course will include demonstrations and conversations on harness and harness fitting, choosing your vehicle and vehicle care, choosing the single driving horse and what you and your horse should know for successful single driving, putting the horse to a vehicle, understanding the driving horse, and limited hands on driving for the participants. We highly encourage you to take this course with a friend or family member that will be driving with you. Lunch is on your own.
Location & Time: Horse Drawn Tour Dept 9:00am - 4:00pm
Contact: Laurie Brown (859) 259 - 4290
March 13
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 2:00pm -5:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 13 14
KY Hunter-Jumper Show, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lakeside Arena (859) 489-4885
March 14
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 2:00pm -5:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 15
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 17
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 19 20
33rd Annual National Youth Horse Council Leadership Symposium, Kentucky Horse Council
Hosted by University of Kentucky & University of Louisville
Held in Conjunction with the Youth Festival in Celebration of the Alltech World Equestrian Games Lexington, Kentucky
The Symposium is a production of the American Youth Horse Council (AYHC), the umbrella organization for the youth horse industry. The 2010 event will boast more than two-dozen internationally and nationally respected teachers assembled to share their keys to successful youth horse programming. Presentations aimed at Adult Leaders of Youth Horse Programs, Industry Professionals, and Teen Leaders. Roundtable discussions, classroom presentations, interactive sessions, exhibit booths, silent auction, awards banquet, and keynote speeches will be highlights of the Symposium. Separate Teen Leader activities will bring youth representing all disciplines and horse breed activities together to learn team building, ethics, and network. A pre-conference tour of the area will include horse farms of many disciplines.
Location & Time: Indoor Arena / Expo Space 8.30am - 5:30pm
Contact: American Youth Horse Council 1-800-TRY-AYHC or visit www.ayhc.com
March 20 21
Bluegrass Mounted Games, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Claiborne Ring 9:00am - 5:00pm
Contact: Paul Grieling (502) 222-4016 or visit www.usmga.org
March 20 21
USEF B-Rated Hunter Jumper Show, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lakeside Arena (859) 489-4885
March 20
Snowbird Dressage, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 8:00am- 4:00pm
Contact: Julie Congleton (859) 846-4889 or visit www.kentuckydressageassociation.org
March 22
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 24
Indoor Polo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Lexington Polo (859) 254-5667 or visit www.lexingtonpolo.com
March 25
Free Equine Veterinary Seminar - Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: South Theater 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303 or visit http://www.kyhorsepark.com/pdf/news/news_0703184FrD4qfC4d4jsc.pdf
March 26
American Classic Championship Futurity Alpaca Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location: Indoor Arena
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303
March 27
Lexington Winter Tournament, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Julie Kaufman (859) 873-2339
March 27
Paul Frazer Memorial Dressage & CT, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Dressage Complex 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact: CKRH (859) 231-7066 or visit www.ckrh.org
March 28
Bluegrass Winter Tournament, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Mary Mac Lancaster (502) 223-3795
April 2 4
Bluegrass Classic Arabian Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 9:00am - 8:00pm
Contact: Tony Connor (502) 241-5244 or visit www.aha14.com
April 2 23
Keeneland Race Course Thoroughbred Racing, Keeneland Race Course
Spring race meet.
Speculate, socialize, or just soak in the atmosphere at the nation's only English style Thoroughbred racetrack.
Post time is 1:05pm. No racing on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Contact: Keeneland Race Course (800) 456-3412 or visit www.keeneland.com
April 3 4
KPHC Spring Paint-O-Rama (APHA, 4 judge), Lakeside Arena
Contact: Sharon Ohler (859) 873-6935 or Carroll Carmickle (859) 338-5948
April 3 10
Horse Handling Basics Workshop, Kentucky Horse Council
The Kentucky Horse Council offers a full day hands on training designed for adults with either limited or no prior horse experience. The workshop is conducted at an equestrian facility utilizing classroom instruction and extensive hands-on activities with live horses. Designed to instill confidence, the program taught using seasoned school horses in a supportive environment.
Location & Time: Kentucky Equine Humane Center 8:30am 5pm
Contact: Essie Rogers (859) 367-0509 or Kentucky Horse Council (859) 881-5849 or visit http://www.kentuckyhorse.org/new_owner/
April 9 11
Central Kentucky Reining Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Indoor Arena 9:00am - 8:00pm
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303
April 9 11
Central Kentucky Reining Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location: Indoor Arena 8:00am - 9:00pm
Contact: Polly Hillard (859) 233-4303
April 10 11
Spring Bay Horse Trials, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Hunter Jumper Complex 8:00am- 5:00pm
Contact: Stanley Wiggs (859) 312-8702 or visit www.kyevents.net
April 10
Introduction to Pair Driving, Kentucky Horse Park
This all day class covers information and hands on experience for basic pair driving of carriage horses. With an emphasis on safety the information includes: harness and harness fitting, choosing your vehicle and vehicle care, choosing driving horses and how your horse should be trained for pair driving, putting the horses to a vehicle, understanding the driving horse, and limited hands on driving. Lunch is on your own.
Location & Time: Horse Drawn Tour Dept 9:00am - 4:00pm
Contact: Laurie Brown (859) 259-4290
April 10 11
KY Hunter/Jumper Show (KHJA), Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lakeside Arena (859) 489-4885
April 12
Get a Haircut and Help Horses!, Kentucky Horse Park
The Winners Circle Salon is a full-service salon that believes in service to the community. To assist abused and neglected horses across the state of Kentucky, they are offering a very special day of beauty services, with 100% of their fees donated to the "Save Our Horses" Fund in association with the Kentucky Horse Park's John Henry Memorial Equine Adoption Fair.
Location & Time: off the park - Winners Circle Salon 11:00am - 5:00 pm
Contact: Winners Circle Salon (859) 277-1210 or go to http://www.kyhorsepark.com/pdf/news/news_4745419XaxAAxS9XvQsc.pdf
April 14 16
Spring Premier Saddlebred Show, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Indoor Arena 9:00am- 9:00pm
Contact: Scarlett Mattson (502) 314-7960 or visit www.kyspringpremier.com
April 15
Lakeside Working Hunter Sp. Event (AQHA), Lakeside Arena
Time: 6:00pm
Contact: Lon & Cathy Oyster (859) 887-0033 or crhorses@insightbb.com
April 15 17
Lakeside Arena Spring Classic (AQHA Split/Combined), Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lon & Cathy Oyster (859) 887-0033 or crhorses@insightbb.com
April 16 17
HAPPY HOUR FOR HORSES, Kentucky Horse Park
Join us at participating restaurants and bars in the Lexington area for our first Happy Hour for Horses in conjunction with the John Henry Memorial Equine Adoption Fair. Happy Hour for Horses will benefit the Save Our Horses fund, administered by the Kentucky Horse Council, to provide emergency food and veterinary care for abused and neglected horses across the state.
More information will be available soon, so please keep checking this website.
Location: Off the park - restaurants in the Lexington area
Contact: Cindy Rullman (859) 259-4209 ext 209
April 17
JOHN HENRY MEMORIAL EQUINE ADOPTION FAIR, Kentucky Horse Park
The Kentucky Horse Park is pleased to host the third annual John Henry Memorial Equine Adoption Fair, in partnership with the Kentucky Horse Council. Sound, adoptable horses representing a variety of breeds from local equine rescue organizations will be available.
This year we will offer more adoptable horses, with viewings and presentations throughout the day. Potential adopters will have plenty of time to inspect and get to know the horses. There will also be a few cats and dogs available for adoption. If your Kentucky rescue organization would like to be involved by bringing adoptable horses or having a booth at the adoption fair, please contact for more information.
Location & Time: New Indoor Arena 10:30am- 5:30pm
Contact Cindy Rullman (859) 259-4209 ext 209 or Essie Rogers, Kentucky Horse Council 859-367-0509 or erogers@kentuckyhorse.org
April 18 19
Lakeside Arena Spring Classic (AQHA Split/Combined), Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lon & Cathy Oyster (859) 887-0033 or crhorses@insightbb.com
April 20 25
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event International Trade Fair, Kentucky Horse Park
Bob Mickler's is proud to be a sponsor of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. This year the Trade Fair has been extended to coincide with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Test Event and should be the best ever! Come by and visit Bob Mickler's tent in Sponsor Village.
Location & Time: Sponsor Village 9am 5pm with extended hours for some events.
Contact: Bob Mickler's (800) 443-6824/ (859) 254-3814 about our participation or Equestrian Events, Inc. (859) 254-8123 or visit www.rk3de.org with any questions regarding the Trade Fair.
April 20 25
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Test Event, Kentucky Horse Park
Kentucky Cup Dressage
Dressage Grand Prix, Dressage Freestyle, & Show Jumping
Please see the Rolex schedule for these events.
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303
April 22 25
ROLEX KENTUCKY THREE-DAY EVENT ($), Kentucky Horse Park
As always, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event will host many of the world's best horses and riders as they compete for one of the most coveted purses in the sport of Eventing and one of the most celebrated championships in equestrian sports. The only Four Star Three-Day Event in the Americas and the nation's premier Eventing championship.
Heading the list of regular competitors at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event are Olympic and World Championship veterans, Pan American Games Medalists, and seasoned veterans of international equestrian competition. The event offers Dressage, Cross-country and Stadium Jumping, various demonstrations, food, and exhibitions, as well as the popular and exciting Prince Phillip Cup of the U.S. Pony Clubs.
Location & Time: Parkwide 9:00 am - 5:00 pm with extended hours for Alltech FEI WEG Test Event
This event additionally offers an International Trade Fair. Come by and visit Bob Mickler's tent in Sponsor Village!
Contact: Equestrian Events, Inc. (859) 254-8123or www.rk3de.org
April 29
Free Equine Veterinary Seminar Reproduction, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: South Theater 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303 or go to http://www.kyhorsepark.com/pdf/news/news_0703184FrD4qfC4d4jsc.pdf
April 30 May 2
Gypsy Cob Clinic, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Hunter Jumper Complex 9:00am - 6:00pm
Contact: Stacy Foncannon (606) 423-9521
May 1
136th Running of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville
America's premiere race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds that annually draws 150,000 fans to historic Churchill Downs. Reserved seats are sold out, however general admission is available.
Time: Gates open at 8:00am and the first race is at 11:00am. Twelve races. Televised live on NBC Sports
Contact: www.kentuckyderby.com or info@kentuckyderby.com (502) 636-4400
May 1
Derby Day at Keeneland, Keeneland Race Course
Keeneland will be hosting this annual celebration with entertainment planned to suit every member of the family. Enjoy picnics in the paddock, live music, and activities for the kids in addition to a full afternoon of simulcast racing. Patrons may bring their own food and drink (excluding alcohol). Spring passes will be honored.
Time: Gates open at 9am
Contact: Keeneland Race Course (800) 456-3412 or visit www.keeneland.com
May 3 9
Intercollegiate Horse Show Assoc. National Championship, Kentucky Horse Park
Contact: Erin Siegel (606) 783-2800 or visit www.ihsainc.com
May 8
Insights into Training the Horse to Drive, Kentucky Horse Park
Spend the day learning how to introduce your horse to driving. There will be examples of introducing a green horse to harness, introducing a horse to shafts, introducing a horse to weight, and putting a horse to the vehicle. You will also learn to work at the horses head when training and why it is important to have an attentive and informed helper. We highly encourage you to take this course with a friend or family member that will be assisting you. Lunch is on your own.
Location & Time: Horse Drawn Tour Dept 9:00am - 4:00pm
Contact: Laurie Brown (859) 259-4290
May 14 16
SAHIBA Arabian Show, Lakeside Arena
Contact: Jeff Caldwell (502) 468-4953
May 15
KDA Scribes Clinic, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Dressage Pavillion (in Dressage Complex) 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact: Sheila Woerth (859) 351-4137 or visit www.kentuckydressageassociation.com
May 15
KY Spring Classic Hunter Jumper Show
Location & Time: Total Facility 8:00am - 6:00pm
Contact: KY Horse Shows LLC (859) 233-0492 or visit www.kentuckyhorseshows.com
May 16
44th Annual High Hope Steeple Chase, Kentucky Horse Park
Get up close and personal with horses and the fun of live steeplechase racing, live demonstrations, tailgating picnicking, terrier race, arts and craft fair, and children's events galore!
Location & Time: Kentucky Horse Park 11am 5pm
Contact: (859) 967-9444 or visit www.highhopesteeplechase.com
May 27 28
KDA Spring Warm-UP Show (CDI*), Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Dressage Complex 8:00am - 4:30pm
Contact: Sheila Woerth (859) 351-4137 or visit www.kentuckydressageassociation.com
May 27
Free Equine Veterinary Seminar, Kentucky Horse Park
Location: South Theater
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303 or go to http://www.kyhorsepark.com/pdf/news/news_0703184FrD4qfC4d4jsc.pdf
May 28 30
Mayfest Horse Trials, Kentucky Horse Park
Location: Hunter Jumper Complex 8:00am - 6:00pm
Contact: Maggie Wright (859) 621-2478 or visit www.champagnerun.com
May 28 30
KY Invitational High School Rodeo, Kentucky Horse Park
Location & Time: Covered Arena 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Contact: Wally Hancock (270) 389-0631 or visit www.kyhsra.org
May 29 31
KY Hunter/Jumper Show (KHJA), Lakeside Arena
Contact: Lakeside Arena (859) 489-4885
May 29 October 15
A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse, Kentucky Horse Park
The first major exhibition to explore the dynamic impact of the horse on Near Eastern civilization, A Gift from the Desert will have a particular emphasis on the first horse breed, the Arabian Horse. The exhibition will be a fascinating journey from the arrival of the first domesticated horses in the Near East to the renaissance of purebred Arabian horse breeding in the Near East today.
Location: Galleries 1,2, and 3
Contact: Kentucky Horse Park (859) 233-4303
May 29 30
KDA 24th Annual Dressage Show (CDI*), Kentucky Horse Park
Location: Dressage Complex 8:00am - 4:30pm
Contact: Sheila Woerth (859) 351-4137 or visit www.kentuckydressageassociation.org
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