Our Guides

 
 

Leslie Bruner

Leslie started riding horses when she was eight years old on Beaumont Farm in Lexington. While studying at the University of Kentucky, she took equestrian classes at Spindletop Farm. Formerly, Leslie led elderhostel tours of Lexington for the University of Kentucky. She enjoys people and horses, and has a lot of fun leading horse farm tours, which allows her to meet people from all over the world. 

 

Ernie Flynn

Ernie is a lifelong resident of Lexington, Kentucky. He retired after 50 years as a jockey and Thoroughbred horse trainer.  He and his wife have been married for 60 years and still stay connected to the Thoroughbred horse world.

 
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Ruth Flynn

Ruth was born in nearby Versailles, Kentucky, at the age of ten her family moved to Lexington.   Ruth worked with her husband for twenty five years in his training stable and after sixty years of marriage they are still together and love the world of the thoroughbred horses.  Her biggest thrill was when her own horse (Blond Witch) won a race at Keeneland at odds of 52 to 1 on the day before Halloween.