With Breyerfest only a few days away (can y'all believe it?) I would like to share some of my Kentucky horse stories with you. While last year was my first Breyerfest, Kentucky was a popular destination for hubby and I for some time. We were actually married there and had our honeymoon there. While most people honeymoon at the beach, we thought a horseback ride through the Kentucky Horse Park would suffice enough. The ride was pleasant, and very scenic. I was on a grey horse named Hidalgo while hubby rode a grey drafter named Big Boy. I'm going to write one story every day until Friday (Breyerfest!) that I hope you'll enjoy. Horses have revolved around my life since I was a child and I'm sure that if you collect Breyer horses, you also love real horses, so I would love to share these stories with all my horse friends to give y'all something to help occupy your mind with the big day just around the corner! Most of you who collect Breyers probably have visited the Kentucky Horse Park, and if you haven't yet, I really hope you get to at least one time in your life. It's an amazing place, especially for horse people. One horse at the Horse Park that I seemed to keep running into was Funny Cide. The first time I saw him was at the Kentucky Horse Park back when we were on our honeymoon. He was sleeping in his stall. The next time was in Saratoga when he showed up unexpectedly at Old Friends. We were there for a tour and Funny Cide was shipped in from Kentucky. They had a name plate on the stall inside the barn and said he was only going to be there for a couple days. As with when I saw him at the Kentucky Horse Park, he was at the back of his stall. The last time I saw Funny Cide was at the Horse Park a couple days before Breyerfest. We stopped by to tour the park before all the humanity flooded in. It was a quiet day, and Funny Cide was out in his pasture. One of the employees recognized me from my blog and ended up giving me a behind the scenes tour, so to speak, of the Hall of Champions. I was allowed to enter the stall and touch both Western Dreamer and Stanley (who unfortunately passed away a few months after Breyerfest) but the pinnacle was finally meeting Funny Cide face-to-face. I not only was allowed to touch him but feed him carrots. After all these years of running into him but never actually being introduced, it was nice to finally say hello. And yes, he's as comical as his name... just look at the face he's giving me!
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