Jockey - Thoroughbred Park, Lexington, Kentucky - Equestrian Statues on Waymarking.com

This statue of a horse riding jockey and six more are located in Thoroughbred Park, Lexington, Kentucky.

Located at the intersection of East Main Street and Midland Avenue, "the Thoroughbred Park is the space that defines Lexington’s devotion to and dominance in the equine world. The park infuses the viewer with the depth of that devotion through statuary and forty-four plaques honoring the men and women who spent their lives breeding, training, racing and owning of those magnificent animals. Sculptor Gwen Readon’s twelve exquisite bronze statues, including the nineteenth century’s greatest Thoroughbred stallion, Lexington, a splendid broodmare, frolicking foals with one at rest and seven horses racing, capture the essence of the sport amid fountains, flowers and landscaped entities symbolic of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont".

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Thoroughbred Park
100 Midland Avenue
Lexington, Kentucky
40508 USA
(859) 233-7299

Identity of Rider: unknown Identity of Horse: unknown Name of artist: Gwen Readon Date of Dedication: 1980-01-01 Material: Bronze Unusual Features: the last of the seven reders Position: Two Hooves Raised

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