AHP’s 40 Ideas on Tour

Join fellow AHP members on Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a bus tour that will provide attendees with an opportunity to visit some of the best experiences that Lexington area has to offer.

AHP’s 40 Ideas on Tour on Thursday will feature lots of article/blog/Facebook/Twitter/video/podcast ideas with contact information provided. If you don’t get a “backpack” full of articles from tour day, you’ll be asleep on the bus! This is definitely a “learning tour” as well as being fun! Bring your camera, notebook, iPhone, tape recorder (podcasts), video camera, or whatever you need to do your job!

The cost of the tour is complimentary for AHP members registered for the Lexington seminar thanks to the sponsors and hosts who have rolled out the welcome rug to AHP. Lunch at Woodford Reserve is sponsored by Publishers Press, admission fees are compliments of Kentucky Horse Park and Woodford Reserve, and bus transportation is sponsored by Equine Land Conservation Resource, FarmLines Inc.-Equine and Pet Products Distributor, and Friends of AHP.
Non-registered AHP members and/or friends and family of registered attendees are welcome to take the tour for $25 fee.

The tour begins at Darley America based at the historic Jonabell Farm, located in Lexington and owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, whose global breeding operation currently stands stallions in six countries around the world.

Hosted by Kentucky Horse Park, the tour continues at The International Museum of the Horse with a coffee break and an opportunity to view the new exhibit, “A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse,” the first major exhibition to explore the dynamic impact of the horse on Near Eastern civilization. Tour includes stops at the new indoor arena and stadium plus other venues at the Kentucky Horse Park ready for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (www.kyhorsepark.com)

Next stop is Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, where we will be treated to the Picnic on the Porch lunch buffet sponsored by Publishers Press. After lunch, attendees will take the Woodford Reserve Bourbon Discovery Tour compliments of Woodford Reserve. (www.woodfordreserve.com)

The final stop on the bus tour will be Keeneland Racetrack for a historic tour of the racetrack, visit to the gift shop, and demonstration by the Lexington Mounted Police in the saddling paddock. (www.keeneland.com)

The AHP Welcome Reception at the Alltech Brewery hosted by Alltech starts at 5:30 p.m. The brewery is located downtown Lexington, Kentucky, at 401 Cross St.

The bus will depart the Hilton Lexington Downtown hotel at 8:00 a.m. Every one taking the tour must take the bus, since we need to keep an accurate count especially for admissions and lunch.

For reservation form, go to: http://www.americanhorsepubs.org/programs/seminars/files/2010/40-Ideas-On-Tour.asp or contact Chris at ahorsepubs@aol.com

For more information about the AHP 40th Anniversary Seminar held on June 17-19, 2010 in Lexington, contact Chris Brune at ahorsepubs@aol.com, or 386-760-7743 or visit www.americanhorsepubs.org/programs/seminars/index.asp.