'HorseMania' at the gate for 2010 run
Lexington leaders Monday kicked off the buildup for HorseMania 2010 — a repeat of the city's popular 2000 art horse celebration, with some new features tied to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
View ArticleFiberglass horses were late to arrive, but Horse Mania will be on time
After weeks of delays, the last 10 fiberglass horses for Horse Mania 2010 were to arrive in Lexington on Wednesday night and organizers said the popular event will go off as scheduled.About half of the...
View Article'Horse Mania' unveiling to be delayed
Horse Mania is steering clear of the rough terrain of downtown Lexington's sidewalks, which will delay its debut by a couple of weeks.The painted ponies that had been scheduled to hit the sidewalks...
View Article'Horse Play' foals to be displayed in libraries beginning July 1
Starting Thursday, in addition to books, computers and magazines, decorated fiberglass foals will call Lexington public libraries home.Created by Fayette County schoolchildren, the foals — known as...
View ArticleMaster of Sharpie takes pen to 'Horse Mania' project
For Charlie Kratzer's Alice in Wonderland-inspired Horse Mania entry, LewHorse Carroll, you can thank Lewis Carroll and Johnny Depp.Kratzer is the associate general counsel for Lexmark who became an...
View Article'Horse Mania' emerges from corral
Wednesday was time for Horse Mania 2010 to head 'em up and move 'em out. Around 3 p.m., volunteer crews began arriving at the HM Corral, better known as Lorillard Lofts, to take the painted ponies to...
View Article'Horse Mania 2010' a no-brainer of a sequel
In 2000, LexArts brought Horse Mania to the streets of Lexington. Area businesses and organizations sponsored the 79 fiberglass horses that were decorated by local artists and served as public art...
View ArticleReview: Second 'Horse Mania' is worthy sequel to public-art project
Paris Pike, one of 82 horses that took to the streets of Lexington last week as part of Horse Mania 2010, was the first horse I noticed as I drove home on its opening day. Since then, walking around...
View Article'Horse Mania 2010' includes a Sister Cities subset
Lexington's Sister Cities Commission has put together student and cultural exchanges for 53 years, but this year's big project was a horse of a different color. Four horses, to be exact.As part of the...
View ArticleOrganizers have high hopes for 'Horse Mania' auction
Ten years ago, Steve Grossman and Becky Reinhold were at a Rotary Club meeting, trying to drum up support for a new public art project called Horse Mania that would populate the streets of Lexington...
View ArticleHorseMania 2010 auction brings $376,400
It was a buyer's market Friday night at the Horse Mania 2010 auction at Keeneland.The bar for the sale was set fairly high in 2000, when a trio of horses went for around $50,000 and numerous horses...
View ArticleUnsold Horse Mania statues hit eBay
The 15 unsold Horse Mania horses are on the auction block again, this time on eBay. And just because they didn't sell at Friday's Horse Mania auction at Keeneland doesn't mean no one wants them."We've...
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