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LEXINGTON, KY (May 25, 2018) – Trainer Wesley Ward gave the thumbs-up signal to indicate his approval of today’s works at Keeneland by his horses – led by Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel’s European champion Lady Aurelia – after they worked on the turf course in preparation for the prestigious Royal Ascot meet in England in June.
Discover the secret history behind Averill’s Flathead Lake Lodge, in the latest in the Discover Ranches travel series by Top50 Ranches and Discover Outdoor Life.
Discover Ranches, a first-of-its-kind international travel series, takes the viewer to the heart of ranches and ranch vacations. Join us as we uncover the unexpected and fascinating culture, cuisine, architecture, history, and ecology of ranches around the world.
The underlying purpose of Discover Ranches Travel Series is to preserve the ranching heritage and shed light on how ranches are making greater contributions to the land and people around them.
Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort
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Averill’s Flathead Lake Lodge
Red Horse Mountain Ranch
Brush Creek Ranch
Devil’s Thumb Ranch
Deep Canyon Ranch
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Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort is A secluded jewel tucked into California’s famed Santa Ynez Valley, our 10,000-acre ranch melds the spirit of the Old West with the seductive charms of today’s most relaxing resorts. Drive 30 minutes north of Santa Barbara and you’ll find Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort’s 50 miles of riding trails, 100-acre spring-fed lake, two 18-hole championship golf courses, tennis courts, pool, spa, western-themed accommodations, fine dining, and endless ways to unplug and unwind.
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[LEXINGTON, Ky.] – Whether they’re admired from a distance on a country drive or cherished as everyday riding companions, horses evoke a sense of cultural pride for Kentuckians. Alltech’s first-ever Kentucky Gathering, Oct. 29-Nov. 3, will foster the bond between Kentuckians and horses by bringing world-class equestrian competition of the Alltech National Horse Show to the Bluegrass.
What adventuresome lad or lass hasn’t dreamed of sleeping Indian-style in a wickiup under the stars way out West? Here’s your chance: a whole village of wigwams (actually, tepees: a wigwam is arched or oval, without a point) available at reasonable rates, with color TV and ample parking.
Tornado was the greatest bull in rodeo history. Just outside the Cowboy Hall of Fame, he is interred along an ambling oath that takes visitors past some magnificent bronzes of cowboys as well as monuments to a select few of their best-remembers animals: Baldy (“A Great Cow Pony”), Steamboat (a horse, “Symbol of the Spirit of Wyoming”), Hell’s Angels (“Great Bucking Horse”), and Midnight (a horse: “Please, God, Rest His Soul”).
Every year as part of Tucson’s gala Fiesta de Los Vanqueros in late February, the city stages the longest nonmotorized parade in America: 350 Conestoga wagons, stagecoaches, buggies, buckboards, and fringe-top surreys, along with detachments of high-stepping horse and rider in full regalia.
Tombstone, site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, bills itself as “The Town Too Tough to Die.”
Near this spot on Highway 89, the great cowboy movie actor Tom Mix died in a fatal one- car crash on October 12, 1940. He went out of the world as he had lives: fast and rolling in money.
Here’s the place to stock up on rubber tom-toms, child sixe feathered war bonnets, and deerskin moccasins in styles that haven’t changed since Lucy and Desi traveled West with the Merzes.