SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Join us for a FREE Saratoga County Horse Farm tour on Sunday, August 18, 2019. The community is invited for a drive-it-yourself tour of select horse farms around the county; several local farms have graciously agreed to open their doors to the public from 12:00- 4:00PM. This tour is a wonderful opportunity to personally meet some of the farm owners and horses that make the Saratoga area so unique.

This farm tour will be fun and educational for the whole family and a perfect way to spend a summer Sunday afternoon. Horse lovers and families will delight in meeting the different breeds of horses and get a behind the scenes look at the horses that are frequently our neighbors here in Saratoga County. The horse farms featured this year on the tour are: Avanti Stable of Greenfield Center, Cross Timbers Ranch of Middle Grove, Mill Creek Farm of Stillwater and McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds of Saratoga Springs.

This tour is sponsored by the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, they are partnering with CCE Equine and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County to create a link between the farming community and the public-at-large.

For more information contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County at 518-885-8995. Tour information can also be found at http://ccesaratoga.org/agriculture/cce-equine/horse-farm-tour

–Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County

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