Tours : The Best of Kentucky

Description

This fun and informative tour takes you through the heart and soul of Kentucky's Bluegrass horse country to see a world class private farm, home to current and future Derby stars and studs, and off to a master distillery that craft's Kentucky's finest Bourbon!

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Inclusions

• Tour of a World Class Private Horse Farm
  Sample farm destinations below. Actual horse farm locations subject to change:
   

WinStar Farm's expansive 1,700 acre property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has bred the likes of 2010 Kentucky Derby Winner, Super Saver. The farm is also home to 3-time sire of the year, Distorted Humor, and 2-time Breeders’ Cup
   Classic Winner, Tiznow.  WinStar Farm houses and trains stallions,
   broodmares, foals and yearlings.   
 

Pin Oak Farm embodies excellence in Thoroughbred breeding and racing and is the home of Bob and John (G1 winner), Sky Classic (4-time champion), Cowboy Cal and more! 

Ashford Stud is home to the best young sires in America including 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus as well as 1995 Derby winner Thunder Gulch and Giant's Causeway, a multiple graded stakes winner in Europe with a $300,000 stud fee.

Adena Springs was rewarded with its seventh Eclipse Award in 2010 and is Home of Breeders' Cup Classic winner, Awesome Again, 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, Macho Uno,  2005 Kentucky Derby Winner Giacomo and more!

Darley America, owned by Sheikh Mohammed, is on 790 acres of beautiful rolling landscape at the historic Jonabell Farm, and is home to more than 170 thoroughbreds including Street Cry and 2007 Kentucky Derby Winner Street Sense.

Normandy Farm sits on 262 acres and boasts a unique L-shaped barn built to replicate a barn in Normandy, France. Normandy Farm is home to famous Thoroughbred mares and foals and the famed horse cemetery including the historical statue of Thoroughbred
  champion and famous sire, Fair Play. 

• Tour of a Legendary Kentucky Bourbon Distillery
  Sample distillery destinations below. Actual distillery locations subject to change:  

Buffalo Trace Distillery dates back more than 200 years and was recently named to the National Historic Register.  It stands on the site of an ancient buffalo trace, a pathway across the Kentucky River.  Buffalo Trace has won more international awards in the last decade than any other distillery.  Blanton’s, the first single-barrel bourbon, is made there.  A tasting of bourbons will be served. 

Maker's Mark is aged for around 6 to 7 1/2 years, being bottled and marketed when expert tasters agree that it is ready.
Maker's Mark is one of the few distillers to rotate the barrels from the upper to the lower levels of the aging warehouses during the aging process to benefit from the differences in temperature during the process. A tasting of bourbons will be served.
 

Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., was founded by the Shapira family in Bardstown, Kentucky, shortly after Prohibition ended in the United States. According to industry analysts, Heaven Hill is now the seventh largest spirits supplier in the United States and is the second largest holder of aging Bourbon whiskey in the world with an inventory in excess of 800,000 barrels.

• Bourbon Tasting
• Opportunity to purchase up to 3 liters of Bourbon
• Boxed Lunch
  does not include alcohol