Kentucky Equestrian

Kentucky Equestrian - Horse riding in The USA

Kentucky equestrian brings you information on horse riding events and equestrian facilities in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Kentucky has a moderate, relatively humid climate, with abundant rainfall.

Kentucky’s location in the south-east interior of the U.S.A makes for a moderate climate. The state’s weather systems are associated with the jet stream. The jet stream moves northward in summer and fall and the state is dominated by high-pressure, which results in warm, humid summers as air flows up the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys from the south. Winter and spring weather are dominated by low pressure, including both cold and warm fronts, bringing cloudy, cool, and sometimes wet days. In winter, some high pressure systems dip southward from Canada bringing cold, clear and dry days.

Kentuck facts and figures :

Kentucky's name probably comes from an Indian word meaning "dark and bloody ground," "meadow land," or "land of tomorrow." It is one of the four states officially called a commonwealth. Its nickname is the "Bluegrass State." You can see horses grazing on the grass, which is actually green, but has a bluish tint when seen from a distance because of its purplish-blue buds.

Daniel Boone first hunted bison, bear, deer, and wild turkey in the state's wilderness in 1767. He called the region a "second paradise." In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, a natural pass in the Appalachian Mountains near the meeting point of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Indians sometimes attacked settlers traveling on the dangerous trail that ended in Boonesborough. Boone later tried to establish the region as the 14th colony. Kentucky was once part of Virginia, but became the 15th state with Virginia's permission in 1792.

Kentucky has been the center of American horse racing for centuries, and the Kentucky Derby is the states premier equestrian event. This one and a quarter mile race is known as The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports and regularly draws a crowd of over 150,000 people