- Horses are Kentucky's top agricultural cash crop
- $4 billion: estimated economic impact
- 80 -100,000: direct and indirect jobs generated
- $8.8 billion: economic impact of the state's tourism industry, which features the horse industry
- $240 million: impact of Kentucky Horse Park
- $217 million: impact of Kentucky Derby
- More than $850 million : value of horses sold at auction in Kentucky annually
- For every job in the horse industry, two more are created in horse-related businesses
- Lexington in 2010 will mark the first time the FEI World Equestrian Games will ever be held outside of Europe
Sources: American Horse Council, KEEP
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