Lantern Hill Farm

08/28/2026

James and I were lucky to come into Lexington when Henry White was still coming to meetings of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club.
We need more voices like James and Henry heard today.
It is a privilege to earn a living every day with the most beautiful creatures on the planet.

Thoroughbred consignor James Keogh writes that the Thoroughbred industry is currently experiencing a golden age

08/25/2026

Mrs. Backer was a delight when we worked for her, whether selling her mare Divine Dixie for $2 million at FTK, or visiting Franklin Smith’s barns during the Elloree trials.

She was so modest I never knew how much she accomplished in the rest of her days.

Goodbye dear lady.

View ANN BACKER's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

08/21/2026

Turn the Towns Teal
Click below to sign up for hanging bows.

Turn the Towns Teal - sign up for hanging bows

Join us for hanging bows in Lexington on 28 and 30 August! Spread the word for ovarian cancer awareness. The teal bows will be up all through September at UK Markey Center and downtown Lexington along Main Street.

3pm on 28 August Friday, meet at UK Markey Center

9am on 30 August Sunday, meet in front of the Kentucky Theatre to hang bows on Main St in Lexington

Signup form: https://forms.gle/ZmgmtrB9CXbrvaYa6

Questions, email [email protected]

08/18/2026

We were lucky to know Mark during his Street Sense days, nice to see he's back.

Paulick Report

Two decades after Street Sense gave him the ride of a lifetime, Mark Cutler walked away from galloping horses. When he returned four years later, Burnham Square was waiting.

08/11/2026

A wonderful story about an OTTB from Puerto Rico, now in a New Hampshire show ring with the girl she was made for.

After 24 starts in Puerto Rico, Odessa has a new job taking care of a girl who wasn’t expected to survive after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor at eight days old

08/06/2026

He bought one of the first yearlings Lantern Hill ever raised, and was a longtime supporter of our yearlings--not to mention an inspiration to all who wanted to work with horses.

Franklin Smith, brother of trainer Hamilton Smith and who operated the Elloree Training Center, passed away August 1.

07/29/2026

Ian Wilkes is a longtime friend of Lantern Hill, here’s how one horseperson figures out how to keep a racehorse happy on a van.

The companion has helped the quirky gelding handle shipping to other racetracks much more calmly, said trainer Ian Wilkes

07/20/2026

A couple of months ago, we spent an afternoon at Keeneland with Brie Haggard, who keeps our website running, her daughter Ana, and Annise Montplaisir and Mary-Courtney Combs from Amplify Horse Racing. Ana and the Amplify team hit it off, and that led to her helping at their booth during this year’s Breyerfest.

We like sharing this because it’s a good reminder of how small the horse world is. A day at the races in April turns into a volunteer shift in July, and somewhere in between, another person finds her way a little deeper into this industry. That’s worth passing along.

Here’s Ana in her own words:

Breyer Model Horses
WinStar Farm

07/17/2026

Good outcomes like this don’t happen by accident. Thank you to Lexington Fire and everyone who helped get this horse back on its feet.