Here at the Kentucky Horse Park, it’s time for BreyerFest: the annual celebration of, yes, Breyer model horses (and live ones, too) that attracts thousands of people to the park. After having worked here at the KHP for about ten years, I can say that, of all the many events at the Horse Park each year, BreyerFest is second in attendance only to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.

And, just like “Rolex,” BreyerFest attracts people from all over the place.

Among a row of cars in the parking lot early this morning, there was my car (from Kentucky) and cars from Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, Indiana, Florida, and Virginia. As I walked to the KHP restaurant for lunch today, I heard one family of six say they had come all the way from Arizona.

When I arrived this morning (before 8 a.m. to try to avoid the traffic and the crowds in the parking lot), the BreyerFest entrance gates weren’t open yet. But here’s what various portions of the line looked like:

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