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Horse Statues (page 3)

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Horsemen's
Headquarters [gone]
Salina, KS		 Thoroughbred Lounge
Louisville, KY
The horse at Horsemen's Headquarters appeared to be an Arabian. This photo is from 2010. By 2018, the horse and business were gone.

The Thoroughbred Lounge has had two pairs of horse and jockey statues on the roof since at least 2007. [map]

Quattro Cavalli
Frankfort, KY
This replica of the Quattro Cavalli was installed near the entrance to Kentucky State University in 2020. The original copper horses are displayed inside St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. They are also referred to as the Horses of Saint Mark's. For more, see this website. [map]

Rebecca Ruth Candy
E. 2nd St.
Frankfort, KY		 Rebecca Ruth Candy
Versailles Rd.
Frankfort, KY
Rebecca Ruth Candy was established in 1919. The E. 2nd St., downtown location is used as a museum, offers tours, and has a retail shop. The Versailles Rd. location's sign appears to be from the 1960s. There is also a third, modern location on Versailles Rd. There were three of these horse and rider statues built at some point. The other one is now at a family member's home. For more, see this website. [E. 2nd St. map]; [Versailles Rd. map]

Thoroughbred Park
Lexington, KY
Thoroughbred Park opened in 1991. These seven, life-sized bronze racehorses were created by Gwen Reardon. She also created some individual horse statues for the park, like the foal in the last photo. For more, see this website. [map]

Secretariat
Lexington, KY
This 21-foot-long, bronze sculpture of Secretariat and rider, Ron Turcotte, was created by Jocelyn Russell and installed in this traffic circle in 2019. [map]

Secretariat
Paris, KY		 Man O'War
Lexington, KY
This sculpture of Secretariat was created by Jocelyn Russell and installed in Secretariat Park in 2023. The Triple Crown-winning racehorse spent his retirement at stud in Paris, died, and is buried there. [map]

This life-sized Man O'War sculpture was created by Herbert Haseltine. The horse died in 1947 and this statue was installed at his farm in 1948. In 1997, the grave and sculpture were moved to the Kentucky Horse Park. [map]

Barbaro Memorial
Louisville, KY		 Gallop to Glory
Louisville, KY
The bronze Barbaro Memorial statue was created by Alexa King and installed in 2009 in front of the Churchill Downs horse-racing track and the Kentucky Derby Museum. It depicts the horse with jockey Edgar Prado in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. [map]

Gallop to Glory is a tribute to Kentucky Derby winning jockeys with their handprints and signatures in front of Galt House Hotel. It was installed in 2005. [map]

Horses and Riders
Lexington, KY
2010: 2026:
There are two pairs of Horses and Riders installed at both sides of the entrance to the Woodhill Circle Plaza shopping center. The sculptures were created by Robert Cloyd and installed in 2006. Most of the reins are gone now. Lexington is home to the Kentucky Horse Park and calls itself the "Horse Capital of the World". [map]

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