About Race Horse Farms

The beauty about race horse farms is that visitors get to tour the sites and view great equine racers, but they also find themselves in an astoundingly scenic outdoor atmosphere with undulating acres of green open spaces sprinkled with paddocks and wild horses freely scampering around while exhibiting demonstrative grace and flowing movements. The atmosphere beckons families to a place where nature abounds as athletic horses display relaxation from racing expectations.

Kentucky's Horse Farms

Mention Kentucky and the annual horse racing day in Lexington, Kentucky comes to mind, where trained race horses vie for the ultimate race title of the day.  Horse racing is serious business in Kentucky. Hidden gems though are Kentucky's horse farms for public viewing.

Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Farm Tours

Take for instance Thoroughbred Heritage's horse farm tours. This guided three-hour tour escorts you through Kentucky's blue grass horse country and right through Calumet Farm, which housed great past equine racers and now have current equine racers residing there also.

The tour vehicle you ride in is climate controlled and fully licensed, and you can step off the vehicle and walk on the hallowed grounds of Keeneland Race Course or get an eyeful of a Thoroughbred farm and visit stallions that sired the winners you know about. The narrated horse farm tours are brought to you for clarity by guides using microphone headsets that are not hand-controlled.

States with the Most Famous Horse Farms

Most states have their own horse farms that they hold with pride. However, inarguable is the belief that the most famous horse farms are in Kentucky, California, Maryland, Texas and Virginia. Horse farms specialize in special different breeds of horses that you get to view, and the estate grounds' backdrops are beautifully landscaped and thus lend allurement to visitors who take the famous tours.