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2. Ashland (Henry Clay estate) - Wikipedia

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   Ashland (Henry Clay estate) /  38.02861°N 84.48000°W  / 38.02861; -84.48000. Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, [2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by enslaved African Americans, and enslaved people grew and ...

3. Lexington, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Lexington is the second-most-populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (after Louisville ), and the 60th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Fayette County. By land area, it is the country's 30th-largest city . Lexington is known as the "Horse Capital of the World". It is within the state's Bluegrass region.

4. Elmendorf Farm - Wikipedia

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   Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, involved with horse racing since the 19th century. Once the North Elkhorn Farm, many owners and tenants have occupied the area, even during the American Civil War. Most of the land acquired during Haggin's era has since been sold off to neighboring stud farms, but ...

5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette ...

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   Location of Fayette County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Kentucky.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.

6. Calumet Farm - Wikipedia

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   Calumet Farm. Calumet Farm is a 762-acre (3.08 km 2) Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of the Bluegrass, a well-known horse breeding region.

7. Keeneland - Wikipedia

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   Keeneland originated as a nonprofit racing–auction entity on 147 acres (0.59 km 2) of farmland west of Lexington, which had been owned by the son of James R. Keene, Jack Keene, a driving force behind the building of the facility. [6] It has used proceeds from races and its auctions to further the thoroughbred industry as well as to contribute ...