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Meet your cutest “neigh-bors” during a horse farm tour

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In addition to previous winners, nine out of the top ten horses on the leaderboard for the Kentucky Derby have called Horse Country home.

Photos provided by Visit Horse Country; GIF by LEXtoday

Louisville may be home to the Kentucky Derby, but Horse Country is home to Kentucky Derby winners. Did you know that 115 out of 149 Kentucky Derby winners have been Kentucky-bred? And eight winners of the Kentucky Derby reside in Horse Country, including:

  • Mage, last year’s winner
  • Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify
  • and Street Sense, the 2007 winner

Lexingtonians can get up close to some of racing’s best on a horse farm tour.

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