Editing Lexington, Kentucky (section)

===Horse racing and equestrian events===
[[File:R3DE StadiumJump.jpg|thumb|The Rolex [[Kentucky Three-Day Event]]]]
The city is home to two [[horse-racing]] tracks, [[Keeneland]] and [[The Red Mile]] harness track. Keeneland, sporting live races in April and October, is steeped in tradition; little has changed since the track's opening in 1936. Keeneland hosted the [[2015 Breeders' Cup]], with the event's signature race, the [[Breeders' Cup Classic]], won by [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|Triple Crown]] winner [[American Pharoah]]. This track also has the world's largest Thoroughbred auction house; 19 [[Kentucky Derby]] winners, 21 [[Preakness Stakes]] winners, and 18 [[Belmont Stakes]] winners were purchased at Keeneland sales. Its most notable race is the [[Blue Grass Stakes]], which is considered an important preparation for the Kentucky Derby. The Red Mile is the oldest horse racing track in the city and the second-oldest in the nation. It runs live [[harness racing|harness races]], in which horses pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies. The two tracks announced a partnership in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://redmileky.com/red-mile-news/red-mile-and-keeneland-joint-venture/#id8dB5d8GlagE70thTNwMT9Q |title=Red Mile and Keeneland Joint Venture – Red Mile – Lexington, Kentucky |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=July 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817042840/http://redmileky.com/red-mile-news/red-mile-and-keeneland-joint-venture/#id8dB5d8GlagE70thTNwMT9Q |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Kentucky Horse Park]], located along scenic [[Kentucky Route 1973|Iron Works Pike]] in northern Fayette County, is a comparative latecomer to Lexington, opening in 1978. Although commonly known as a tourist attraction and museum, it is also a working horse farm with a [[farrier]] and famous retired horses such as 2003 Kentucky Derby winner [[Funny Cide]]. Since its opening in April 1978, the Kentucky Horse Park has hosted the [[Rolex Kentucky Three Day]] Event, which is one of the top-three annual equestrian [[eventing]] competitions in the world and is held immediately before the [[Kentucky Derby]] at [[Churchill Downs]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]. In September and October 2010, Lexington was the first city outside of Europe to host the [[2010 FEI World Equestrian Games|World Equestrian Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alltechfeigames.com/default.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_8_10_btnlink |title=2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games |access-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318173954/http://www.alltechfeigames.com/default.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_8_10_btnlink |archive-date=March 18, 2012}}</ref>