Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Halloween Show Brings Frights and Delights to Kentucky Horse Park

 

NEWS RELEASE


Lisa Jackson

859-259-4224

Lisa.Jackson@ky.gov 


HALLOWEEN SHOW BRINGS FRIGHTS AND DELIGHTS TO KENTUCKY HORSE PARK

Unusual Sightings of Humans and Horses Abound


LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 22, 2014) - It's not just area children who dress up in costumes for Halloween.  In Kentucky, horses do, too!  On Sunday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m., the Kentucky Horse Park will present its annual Halloween Show at the Horses of the World Barn where park horses and their riders are likely to show up as just about anything - a scary headless horseman, cranky wicked witch, swashbuckling pirates, genie with a bottle, "Phantom of the Opera" - it's different every year.


Throughout the year, the Horses of the World Show is presented with riders wearing costumes appropriate to the breed of horse or discipline.  For the Halloween Show, costume ideas are planned all year by park employees and special guests to wrap up the park's summer tourist season with a fun twist on the tradition.


For more information about the Halloween Show, contact the Kentucky Horse Park at 859-233-4303 or 800-678-8813 or info@kyhorsepark.com or visit www.KyHorsePark.com.


The Kentucky Horse Park is open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 2. Admission is $16 for adults and $8 for children 7-12, and includes the Next Day Free. Beginning Nov. 3, the park will switch to its winter schedule and will be open Wednesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Winter admission will be $10 for adults and $5 for children 7-12, and includes the Next Day Free. Children 6 and under are always admitted free of charge when accompanied by a paying adult. Admission includes the International Museum of the Horse, a Smithsonian Affiliate; and the "Showplace for Saddlebreds" - The American Saddlebred Museum & Gift Shop.  


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The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm/theme park and equine competition facility dedicated to man's relationship with the horse. The park is an agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and hosted more than 800,000 visitors and campers, as well as 18,400 competition horses in more than 200 special events and horse shows in 2013. The park is home to the National Horse Center, which comprises more than 30 national and regional equine organizations.  Located at Exit 120, Interstate 75, just north of Lexington, the Kentucky Horse Park is The place to get close to horses. Information about the park's programs and activities can be found on-line at www.KyHorsePark.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram.