Horse Vacation Options

The past few months I've been wanting to travel on my own to get away from Delaware. I want it to be horse related so naturally I thought of Saratoga in August. However the past few days I realized that I could also go to Lexington for Keeneland's Sept. Yearling sale.

There are pros and cons to both.

Saratoga


Pros

• Oldest racetrack in the US
• Travers and/or Woodward weekend is when I would go
• Quality stakes horses, as well as some up and comers
• Never been to that region of NY

Cons

• Weather might be hot and humid since it is August.
• Horses who I might be looking foward to seeing might not race
• Not much in the area
• I'm not the world's biggest fan of NY as it is and there is a chance I might be going to the Belmont

Lexington

Pros

• Keeneland!
• Kentucky Horse Park (which houses the Hall of Champions where Funny Cide lives)
• Old Friends (where Commentator lives)
• Going on a tour of the horse farms
• Never been to Kentucky

Cons

• No racing (since I'll be there for the sale)
• The shuttling stallions will be in the Southern Hemisphere (which means no Hard Spun, Street Sense, Invasor, Artie Shiller, Medagalia d' Oro, etc. :()
• There might not be any Open Houses anyway since those are normally in Nov. since that's when the Breeding Stock sales are.

Transportation wise I would need to switch from train to bus if I where going to Lexington and I have options for Saratoga. I'll let you know which one I chose to do. :)