Our tour guide, Joe, was really interesting; he ac...

Our tour guide, Joe, was really interesting; he actually works with the stallions and around the farm, which was different than the other tours we went on. Jonabell and Taylor Made both had people from Marketing lead the tours, and while they were friendly and professional, the Claiborne tour felt much more detailed and personal. I do find the Operations of the farms interesting, but the breeding shed process is about the same everywhere and everywhere spends time talking about it, but Claiborne was different- he brought the stallions out for people to see and meet, and he could tell you stories about them and about their personalities. He might not have been the most outgoing person in the world (but he also probably prefers working with the horses than answering the same questions from tourists day after day, and I don t blame him) but he was friendly and incredibly knowledgeable.

Jonabell and Taylor Made are pretty, but just driving around, mostly looking at the barns and the farms gets a little boring. Taylor Made also took us out to see some of the wrangling a and yearlings, but the personal knowledge of them wasn t there. We toured Jonabell, Taylor Made, Spy Coast, Old Friends, and Claiborne this time, and Old Friends and Claiborne were most definitely my favorites (and I even fell in love with a weanling at Taylor Made).