Leaving the Keeneland Paddock

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This file appears in: Keeneland
Leaving the Keeneland Paddock

This historic postcard shows a jockey and horse leaving the saddling paddock at Keeneland. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Keeneland

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker # 2 in Fayette County remembers the 1825 visit the Marquis de Lafayette made to the estate of Major John Keen (the extra "e" was added later), who had served with the Frenchman in the Revolutionary War. Keeneland,…