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Celebrating 10 Years of Connecting People to the Horse Horse Country, Inc. will celebrate its 10th anniversary in October 2025. Our first tours across Horse Country were offered during the inaugural Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, which also saw the first-ever Grand Slam winner, American Pharoah. You may call that timing good luck, but in truth Horse Country's launch is the perfect example of what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Horse Country's story began with a call to action. In 2011, The Jockey Club's McKinsey Report revealed some concerning findings about...

The Kentucky Derby Museum is launching 'Ari's Horseshoe Adventure', an interactive experience that encourages young Museum guests to learn about horseracing in a kid-friendly way. This clue-finding experience was designed in honor of Mighty Aristides, the Museum Ambassador. Cue cards placed throughout the exhibits encourage kids to find Ari's missing horsehoe by locating the answers to multiple Kentucky Derby trivia questions. Young guests will also find several coloring activities on the cards to keep them engaged. Children will learn about pivotal Derby-winning jockeys and trainers, the importance of the Call...

The Henry Cecil Open Weekend, slated for Sept. 18-19 this year, will welcome visitors back to Newmarket for the first time since 2019. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event, which normally features racing and equine enthusiasts visiting training yards, into a virtual format for the first time. A total of £48,000 was raised for its three chosen beneficiaries-Racing Welfare (80%), the British Racing School (10%) and the Racing Centre (10%). This year, Racing Welfare, the newly formed Newmarket Pony Academy and a soon to be announced community project...