October 5 Tours
TUES/THURS MORNING DAILY TOUR DURING WEG
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$45 per adult, $43 per Senior (age 55+), $30 per Child (age 12 & under)
Blue Grass Tours will be offering special itineraries on our daily tours during WEG. On our Tuesday and Thursday morning tours we will have a wonderful 3 hour tour of the area that includes a stop at historic Keeneland Race Course for a behind-the-scenes tour of this site on the National Historic Register. Come see this grand race course that has been filmed for both ‘Seabiscuit’ and the upcoming movie about Seattle Slew. We will also visit Richland Hills Farm, located along scenic Old Frankfort Pike in the heart of bluegrass horse country. Enjoy a private tour of their stallion barn and see the mares, weanlings, and yearlings in their paddocks. Along the way we will see many other signature farms and historic places in Lexington, Kentucky and hear entertaining narration from our professional guides.
Call or email our Tour Department to check availability and make reservations: 859-252-5744
HISTORIC MIDWAY, KENTUCKY
Midway is located in the northern section of Woodford county in the famous “Bluegrass” region of Kentucky, an area noted for its fine farms which produce tobacco, corn, cattle and horses. A quaint little town with fabulous food and unique shopping possibilities and lots of history and horse farms. What is now the town of Midway, was once a farm belonging to John Francisco “consisting of two hundred and sixteen acres, one rood and twenty poles of land”. It was sold to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company on 31 January 1835 for $6,491.25. It became Kentucky’s first railroad town. Midway is purposely located an equal distance between the cities of Lexington and Frankfort, along the Lexington and Ohio Railroad. The town is also equidistant between Versailles and Georgetown. The major streets of Midway were named in honor of the railroads first officials. Many homes and businesses in Midway are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1978). More details on this tour coming soon!
TUES/THURS AFTERNOON DAILY TOUR DURING WEG
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
$45 per adult, $43 per Senior (age 55+), $30 per Child (age 12 & under)
Blue Grass Tours will be offering some special stops on our daily tours during WEG. On our Tuesday and Thursday afternoon tours we will have a wonderful 3 hour tour of the area that includes a visit to Valkyre Stud. Located in the rolling hills of central Kentucky just east of Georgetown, KY, Valkyre Stud’s philosophy has always been to concentrate on quality instead of quantity. Come see their Thoroughbred nursery, home to broodmares, weanlings, and yearlings. Next we will visit Old Friends Farm a rescue and retirement farm for Thoroughbreds specializing in retired Stallions. Old Friends provides these wonderful champions with the dignified retirement they deserve including Seabiscuit star Popcorn Deelites. Along the way we will enjoy seeing more farms and historic places in Lexington, Kentucky and hearing professional narration from our professional guides.
Call or email our Tour Department to check availability and make reservations: 859-252-5744
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September 26 - October 2, 2010 Tours
October 3 - October 9, 2010 Tours
October 10 - October 13, 2010 Tours
