Things to do in Lexington
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Kentucky Horse Park
The Kentucky Horse Park sits on 1200 acres just north of Lexington. Horses representing 50 different breeds live in the park and participate in special live shows. Also included, the international Museum of the Horse has neat dioramas of the horse through history, from the tiny prehistoric 'eohippus' to the pony express mail carriers. Seasonal horseback riding costs $15 with park ticket, $22 without. It has 260 paved sites open year-round. There are showers, laundry, a grocery, playgrounds and more. Primitive camping is also available.
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Holly Hill Inn
Guests dine in the converted bedrooms and parlors of an elegant old farmhouse, just west of Lexington in the town of Midway. The husband-and-wife owners serve local bounty with a deft touch - lamb with scallion ravioli, farmstead egg custard with fiddlehead ferns.
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Headley-Whitney Museum
Headley-Whitney Museum, marvellously old, holds the private collection of the late George Headley, a jewelry designer whose gemstone trinkets and handmade dollhouses are on display, along with a truly bizarre garage turned 'seashell grotto.'
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Red Mile
Head to the Red Mile to see harness racing, where jockeys are pulled behind horses in special two-wheeled carts. Live races are in the fall, but you can watch and wager on simulcasts of races from around the world year-round.
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Keeneland Race Course
Watch 'em run at the Keeneland Race Course, which has races in April and October and horse sales throughout the year. From March to November, you can watch the champions train from sunrise to 10am.
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Thoroughbred Center
Most farms are closed to the public, but you can see working racehorses up close at the Thoroughbred Center, with tours of the stables, practice tracks and paddocks.
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Billy's Hickory Pit Bar-B-Q
Even the green beans have meat in them at homey Billy's, an institution known for its Kentucky-style smoked pork, beef and mutton and its burgoo, a regional chili-like stew.
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Mary Todd-Lincoln House
The 1806 Mary Todd-Lincoln House has articles from the first lady's childhood and her years as Abe's wife.
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Hunt-Morgan House
Hunt-Morgan House is a fine Federal-style mansion (c 1814) with a small Civil War museum.
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Whispering Woods
Call to arrange guided trail rides at Whispering Woods, in bucolic Georgetown.
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Ashland
Ashland was the Italianate estate of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852).
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