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Location: Kentucky | Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to visit Ashford Stud, where American Pharoah will be begin his stud career in about a month. The farm is 2,000 acres in Versailles, KY, about 40 minutes from my house. Gorgeous and the horses were amazing!
AP was just as charming as you would think. He is a sweetheart and stands for pictures with ears relaxed. Nothing seems to bother him. He's a true gentleman. The stallion caretaker said he's gained about 125 pounds since he arrived on November 1st, and will begin standing on Feb 14th - Valentine's Day - at $200,000.
Thunder Gulch on the other hand.... at 23 years old, he is still a firecracker! Pinning ears and stomping feet - he was a grouchy thing, but still gorgeous! He seemed a bit smaller than the rest of the stallions. He was kind of cute!
Here are some pics I was able to get:
One of the three stallion barns. Each barn had 6 stalls:
Uncle Mo:
Fusaichi Pegasus:
Empty stall previously lived in by Scat Daddy (passed recently) and Cigar.
Thunder Gulch:
Giant's Causeway:
AP:
 
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Awesome, that facility is amazing!  |
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 Worst.Housekeeper.EVER.
Location: Missouri | Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! |
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 Bulls Eye
Posts: 6443
Location: Oklahoma | Ahh, Giant's Causeway... He's still one of my absolute favorite studs. I love going to Ashford. I need to get back that way soon! AP is really letting down nicely! |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1079
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AP looks HUGE next to Victor (of course) But he doesn't look as tall next to normal height people! :)
What a gorgeous facility! |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I'm 6 foot, so not a "normal" judge of height! LOL.
I think they said AP is 16.1 hands. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Murphy - 2016-01-04 10:11 AM I'm 6 foot, so not a "normal" judge of height! LOL.
I think they said AP is 16.1 hands.
AP is that tall? He looks so tiny to me, lol
Cool pictures by the way, thanks for sharing. |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-04 11:18 AM Murphy - 2016-01-04 10:11 AM I'm 6 foot, so not a "normal" judge of height! LOL.
I think they said AP is 16.1 hands. AP is that tall? He looks so tiny to me, lol
Cool pictures by the way, thanks for sharing.
I think because he's still trim and hasn't filled out yet. The other studs looks HUGE compared to him, but they were a bit chunkier :) |
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A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Murphy - 2016-01-04 10:19 AM Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-04 11:18 AM Murphy - 2016-01-04 10:11 AM I'm 6 foot, so not a "normal" judge of height! LOL.
I think they said AP is 16.1 hands. AP is that tall? He looks so tiny to me, lol
Cool pictures by the way, thanks for sharing.
In the last picture he looks like hes looking for a cookie that you might be hiding from him,  |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | How cool! That trip is on my bucket list. Thank you for sharing your pics!!! |
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Posts: 975
Location: The barn...where else? SW Missouri | Wow. That would be so cool. Thanks for sharing!!! |
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