Donate – Kentucky Horse Park Foundation

How can you make a lasting impact at the Park?

Nina Bonnie Endowment

The Nina Bonnie Endowment provides a permanent revenue stream so that Kentucky Horse Park facilities are maintained continuously, and its venues, attractions and programs are secured for future generations to enjoy.

Barn Renovation and Capital Projects

Green Initiatives and Tree Conservation

All the Gold Dedicated Horse Path

International Museum of the Horse

KHP Mustang Troop

The Kentucky Horse Park Mustang Troop has been serving local youth since 1994. Developed by the Kentucky Horse Park’s Equine Education Department, this program serves at-risk youth through the channels of horsemanship and riding. The Mustang Troop program provides a horse camp-style experience for children from underserved communities who will likely benefit from this experience.

KHP Field Trip Fund

Kentucky Horse Park Mounted Police

KHP Campground

Memorials and Tributes

Honoring the lives of beloved friends and colleagues, family members or horses … or remembering them and celebrating their lives and legacy can be a meaningful way to support the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation while also serving as inspiration to all who visit the Kentucky Horse Park, and enrich our Park community. To designate your gift for a loved one, please indicate the appropriate name in the Honor/Memorial section.

Chronicle of African-Americans in the Horse Industry

A project of the International Museum of the Horse, the CAAHI is an online, interactive archive to house and display photos, documents, artifacts, and oral histories of African Americans who have worked, and continue to work in equine industries. Through the project, the Museum seeks to engage a diverse audience to provide valuable input relating to the Chronicle.

Hall of Champions

The Kentucky Horse Park’s beloved Hall of Champions serves as the permanent home for a number of racing legends and standardbred champions, including Funny Cide, Point Given, and Marion Marauder. Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world flock to the Hall of Champions. During their visit, they not only meet these living legends, but they can also pay homage to the former residents who are buried there, including John Henry, Cigar, and Go For Gin.

Horse Drawn Tours

Parade of Breeds

The Parade of Breeds offers guests of the Kentucky Horse Park an opportunity to learn about and get close to many breeds of horses. One of the most popular of the Park’s tourist attractions, this live event captures the sound and excitement of the show ring. At each show, different breeds of horse demonstrate the special skills for which the breed is known–from jumping to reining to pulling carriages.

Go For Gin Memorial Fund

The Kentucky Horse Park Foundation seeks to honor the life of former Hall of Champions resident Go For Gin through a permanent memorial to this great horse. The KHPF has launched a campaign to raise $30,000 which will enable the Park to acquire a stunning bronze of Go For Gin, sculpted by the late acclaimed artist Edwin Bogucki. This piece will not only celebrate our beloved Gin, but it will also enrich the artistic landscape of the Kentucky Horse Park.

Gin won the 120^th Kentucky Derby with Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron. He followed that win with a second in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and the Belmont Stakes (G1) losing both of the races to Tabasco Cat. From age 2 to 4, Go For Gin won 14 out of his 19 races, earning $1,380,866. He lived at the Park’s Hall of Champions since retiring from stud duty in June 2011 until his death in March 2022. During residency at the Kentucky Horse Park, hundreds of thousands of individuals from around the world had the unique opportunity to meet this Thoroughbred racing legend.

Funny Cide Memorial Fund

The Kentucky Horse Park Foundation seeks to honor the life of former Hall of Champions resident Funny Cide through a permanent memorial to this great horse. The KHPF has launched a campaign to raise $50,000 which will enable the Park to commission a sculpture in keeping with the outstanding legacy Funny leaves behind.

Nicknamed the “Gutsy Gelding,” Funny was a resident at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Hall of Champions barn since 2008. Funny Cide was the 2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner who died July 16, 2023 following complications from colic at 23 years old. Like other great Hall of Champions horses at the Kentucky Horse Park, Funny Cide was buried at the Memorial Walk of Champions alongside past Thoroughbred residents Go For Gin, Forego, Bold Forbes, John Henry, Alysheba, and Da Hoss.