Stallion Complex Tour
This tour is available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays year-round and Monday thru Saturday November – March.
See a selection of the stallions of our all-star roster, including leading sire CONSTITUTION, and many other champions! Guests will be able walk through our state-of-the-art stallion barn and get a glimpse of the day-to-day life of each of our stallions. Guests then receive a tour of our breeding shed, where our stallions collectively breed 2,500+ mares a year.
*Note, as described this is a stallion-focused experience, and does not tour outside the stallion complex. Our extended shuttle tour drives through the farm and is available seasonally*
Extended Shuttle Tour
This tour is available seasonally from April – October on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
This two-hour tour allows guests to first see the stallions of our all-star roster and walk through our state-of- the-art stallion barn to get a glimpse of the day-to-day life of each of our stallions. Guests then receive a tour of our breeding shed. Afterwards, guests will climb aboard our electric shuttle and see all the beauty the rest of the farm has to offer. Driving tour includes foaling barn and broodmare barns as well as some of the historic sites on the farm.
Guests participating on the tour will be expected to remain on the shuttle for the duration of the experience. The tour will make a stop in our broodmare division to visit with some of our broodmare band and their foals. The tour will offer many opportunities to capture the beauty of the farm–be sure to bring your camera to take as many photos as you’d like! The Shuttle Tour experience will vary seasonally, offering a unique look at a working horse farm at every time of year. Foals are out earlier in the year and through the summer, and yearling prep begins late summer.
We do our best to let fans meet our stallions; however, there are no guarantees that can be made for any stallion on any particular tour. Showings depend on the health and daily activities of our stallions.
Morning Shuttle Tour
This tour is available seasonally from April – July on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Enjoy a morning at beautiful WinStar Farm with this brand-new experience! You’ll climb aboard the electric shuttle, which will drive through gorgeous Kentucky farm-scapes on the way to WinStar Farm’s private training center. Once you have arrived at the training center, the group will have a chance to watch horses exercising on the training track and learn more about the basics of training a racehorse.
After leaving the training center, the shuttle will travel through the farm, where you’ll get to see horses of all ages in their paddocks while enjoying scenic views.
This tour is great for photographers and is even better when paired with a WinStar Farm Stallion Complex Tour, available at a discount as an add-on to this experience. The Stallion Complex Tour will take place immediately after your Morning at WinStar Farm Experience. This discount is only valid on tours booked for the same day. You will be able to include this in your booking as an Add-On or by calling Horse Country at (859)963-1004.
Sunset Walking Tour
This tour is available seasonally from March – October on Thursdays and Fridays.
Enjoy a leisurely walk-through beautiful Kentucky Horse Country on this tour of WinStar Farm. Your tour guide will lead you through the scenic main loop of the farm, where you will see horses in paddocks and experience the ambiance of an evening at a horse farm. The main loop is roughly 1.5 miles on paved roadways with slight changes and elevations. Be sure to bring your camera, water bottle, and wear comfortable walking shoes! This tour is weather dependent, and in the event of severe or unpleasant this event may be cancelled. If the tour is cancelled, you will be contacted and offered a refund or a raincheck.
Please note, this tour may not include opportunities to interact directly with the horses. Since this is a working horse farm, the health and wellbeing of the horses takes precedent.
Exclusive Private Tour
Our unique private experience takes a tour of some of the many different aspects of the industry WinStar is involved in, starting at our stallion complex, guests will have the opportunity to meet the stallions, learn about breeding, how these horses earned their way into our stallion barn and even get to give a stallion a peppermint. Guests will then get to tour some of our other divisions, they will have the chance to see and interact with mares, foals, stallions, yearlings, and racehorses depending on the season.
One of the stops unique to this tour is our state of the art training center, including our track, hyperbaric chamber, and other equipment that helps keep our racehorses in top condition. We will stop by our office where guests will get to see some of the awards, trophies, and saddle cloths we have been awarded including Derby trophies, and the Triple Crown trophy that we won in 2018 with Justify.
Custom private experiences are available, ideal for wedding parties, engagements and other special occasions.
Requests to be made through Horse Country.
Please note that all private experiences are by request only and must be approved by WinStar Farm.
Private Yearling Sales Prep Experience
Learn about what it takes to get a thoroughbred yearling ready for sales! Join us in walking through a morning with the yearlings as they are prepared for upcoming yearling sales. WinStar sends about 100 yearlings to the sales every year and there’s a lot that goes into getting them ready. This tour provides an inside look into the daily process of prepping a yearling for the sales.
We will start out at the barn where we will see the yearlings come inside for the morning to begin their daily routine and end at the swimming pool where we swim them for daily exercise.
Hear from our longtime yearling manager, Donnie Preston, who has been at WinStar for over 20 years about how he likes to put the foundation, or basic training, on his yearlings and ask him questions as we go.
Private Life is Good Experience
This is your chance to spend an afternoon with the fastest son of leading sire Into Mischief, Life is Good! Winner of the G1 Breeders Cup Dirt Mile, G1 Pegasus World Cup, G1 Whitney S., and G1 Woodward, Life is Good retired with over $4.5 million in earnings and 9 triple digit Beyer Speed Figures.
You have the opportunity to spend time up close and personal with one of the best racehorses to ever retire to the WinStar breeding shed!
Give this champion a few peppermints and take a picture with Life is Good, plus you will watch his race replays and learn a few of his quirks.
Private Training Center Experience
This behind-the-scenes tour of WinStar will take guests to our exclusive training center! Watch the horses train in the morning on our very own dirt training track from the clocker’s stand with a cup of coffee and a donut in hand. Not only will you learn about the makings of this racetrack and the WinStar racing operation, you will also get to see it firsthand in action!
After watching our morning workouts, you will get an inside look at our state-of-the-art rehab facilities including the underwater aquatred, saltwater spa, hyperbaric chamber and theraplate. See up close how we strive to keep our equine athletes in peak performance!
