SAVE THE DATE for our 2025 Hunter Pace & 5K
on September 6-7, 2025!

Lexington Equine Medical Group Hunter Pace & 5K 

Lexington Equine Medical Group partners have named the Kentucky Horse Council as the beneficiary of proceeds for their inaugural Hunter Pace and 5K, which will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on Sunday, September 8. All funds raised will be earmarked specifically to assist with KHC efforts in Eastern Kentucky.

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Special Thank You to Rachel Milewski Media for her dedication to capturing the best action shots during our Hunter Pace! Make sure you find your pictures now!  -Pictures for socials are only $15!

🥳 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 ... 🥳

Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Lexington Equine Medical Hunter Pace benefitting the Kentucky Horse Council! We hope you had a great time. Special thanks to our course designer extraordinaire, Mary Fike, No. 1 Jump Builder and Mover and Answerer-of-all questions Graham Schick, Mick Costello, 🍺 Maiden City Brewing, Country Boy Brewing and 🥪 Toasties Gourmet, and to Maranda Crittenden and Louise Gillam, who led our 5K, and the Kentucky Horse Park! 🐎

We are so thankful to have had such wonderful help, a fantastic day and one of THE BEST places to ride our horses (and mules!) over.

The course was 6,540 meters long.

Jumping: Optimum: 21.48 optimum

🏆 First: #160 - Take Flight: 22.00 Olivia Stone Nikki Burns
🥈Second: #121 - Lucky Dog: 23.53 Jenn O’Neill, Liz Loh
🥉Third: #104 - Merrimac 28.32 Mike McKinley, Abby McKinley, David Koss, Rebecca Holcomb
Fourth: #126 -  Itty Bitty Thoroughbred Committee 29.24 Lauren Hall, Ashley Hudson, Ali Otipoby
Fifth: #168 - Bad News Bears 30.08 Jane Elliott, Karyn Wittek, Hillary Hartman
Sixth: #167 – Mapleview Equestrian 31.48 Tahya Scott, Mackenzie Auten, Kaitlyn Cook

Non-Jumping: 26.10 Optimum

🏆 First: #117 – Hacienda Borikén: 33.06 William Arias, Xiomara Arias
🥈Second: #170 – Wu Tang Clan: 36.20 Heather Wu, Alvin Wu
🥉Third: #107 – Centennial: 41.00 Janna Aiken, Jennifer Todley
Fourth: #171 – Code Grey: 44.00 Isabelle Crider, Alexis Mayer, Kali Okeefe
Fifth: #103 – River Mountain Farm: 47.38 Bethany Glaser, Naomi Johnson
Sixth: #118 – Vote Blue: 50.58 Cynthia Smith, Elisabeth Jensen

Family/Pleasure: 53.20 Optimum

🏆 First: #111 – Aiken Farm: 42.00 Christine Hanse, Paige Sims, Sydnee Stacy
🥈Second: #108 – Win or Wine: 40.20 Kelly Rover, Micki McDaniel
🥉Third: #179 – Redneck Raiders: 38.48 Kaitlyn Sidwell, Makenna Roszel
Fourth: #187 – Pirate Ponies 54.51 Melanie Sprinkle, Zora Sprinkle
Fifth: #188 – Sidecars: 55.33 Paige Mauk, Allie Mauk, Leah Beam
Sixth: #189 – Bourbon Hill Boys: 58.30 Julia Burstein, Maddie Harris

🏆 Best Tailgate: #115 - Nicole Kmetz, Marie Bezold and Sara Endres (not pictured)

🏆 Best Costume: #163 - Jaw Patrol: Kendall Norris, Rachel Womak, Kaitlyn Caudill, Carling Whetter