Behind the Bit

2010 International Equestrian Festival in Lexington KY!

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST

While I bemoaned the ticket prices for WEG, I have been kicking around the idea of going to the WEG and just getting general admission tix for the trade fair, which is horse-event-speak for SHOPPING. My one hesitation was that it's a a long trip in a car just for that. However, recently I was contacted about another event in Lexington taking place at the same time...

The 2010 International Equestrian Festival, a Horse Capital Productions event, is a 16-day festival designed to fill downtown Lexington with fun participatory events, exhibits and high-end retailers from around the world, providing a high-energy, multifaceted entertainment and shopping experience for the hundreds of thousands of people attracted by the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Held from Sept. 25–Oct. 10, 2010, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily, the festival will feature high-end equestrian retailers, indoor entertainment, exhibits, seminars, demos, parties, and VIP events.

To me this says, Lexington will have another spectacle unto itself, and of course more shopping. The IEF 2010 is on Facebook and Twitter (IEF2010) if you want to follow new developments. I have a sister in Louisville, a niece at U of K, the WEG (parts that I can afford), and now this. And I bet the IEF encourages nice, big handbags and shopping bags.

And as someone who appreciates graphic design I want to compliment their logo and share the image from a piece they sent me...