Hats Off! To Kentucky’s Horse Industry
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Kentucky Horse Park To Host Celebration of Kentucky Horse Industry
LEXINGTON, KY -- John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park, has announced the second annual Hats Off ! To Kentucky’s Horse Industry Day at the park to celebrate and promote Kentucky’s diverse horse industry.
On Saturday, August 20, the people of Kentucky will be invited to visit the Kentucky Horse Park free of charge, to become better acquainted with the importance of the horse industry and learn about the many benefits the state receives as the Horse Capital of the World. For instance, the horse industry provides more than 100,000 jobs and contributes $4-billion in total economic benefits annually to Kentucky’s gross domestic product. Nearly $9-billion is generated by the tourism industry, which hails horses as its signature attraction.
The free admission on Hats Off! Day will include entrance into all of the park’s regular attractions, including the museums, Parade of Breeds, Hall of Champions, Best of the West and a limited number of horse drawn tours, trail rides and pony rides.
The day will also include special activities for children as well as free admission to the Bluegrass Festival Hunter Jumper show, featuring the $30,000-Rood and Riddle Grand Prix, which will raise funds for the Hope Center and the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation.
Hats Off! is hosted by the Kentucky Horse Park and sponsored in part by many of the horse farms and equine-related businesses of Central Kentucky, including: the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Keeneland Association, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and the Kentucky Horse Council.
The Kentucky Horse Park will be open from 9am to 5pm.
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