Through the Bluegrass, horse farm to horse farm. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The ChroniclerFocus: Horse Racing & Bourbon125 km · about 78 min · 16 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Belle of Louisville
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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Louisville, Kentucky
The Architecture of the Derby Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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Fisherville, Kentucky
The Science of Bourbon Aging
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Shelbyville, Kentucky
The Thoroughbred Foundation Sires
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Shelbyville, Kentucky
The Art of Stitzel-Weller
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Shelbyville, Kentucky
The Distilling Vision of E.H. Taylor
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Waddy, Kentucky
The Limestone of the Bluegrass
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Frankfort, Kentucky
Innovation at Buffalo Trace Distillery
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Frankfort, Kentucky
The George F. Berry House
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Frankfort, Kentucky
The Triple Crown's Kentucky Roots
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Midway, Kentucky
The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm
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Georgetown, Kentucky
The Retirement of Thoroughbred Champions
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Lexington, Kentucky
Keeneland and Breeding Empires
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Lexington, Kentucky
The Kentucky Horse Park
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.