BreyerFest Shuttle Information!

Between the Kentucky Horse Park and the Clarion and the partner hotels, there are so many people visiting BreyerFest that need to be in so many places we hope you’re taking advantage of our shuttle service!

If you’re new, BreyerFest offers guests four different shuttle routes to get them from place to place both within the Kentucky Horse Park during the day and to the Clarion for the evening activities.  This shuttle service is free for guests to use and we hope you take advantage of it! 

All shuttle stops at the KHP are staffed with a volunteer attendant all day during BreyerFest weekend to answer questions, provide directions, and make sure you get where you’re going.

The daytime shuttle at the KHP operates Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during BreyerFest hours, including for the evening show (except Sunday) and the evening shuttle for the Clarion operates Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings.  There is NOT daytime shuttle bus service from the partner hotels or the Clarion to the Kentucky Horse Park. 

At the Kentucky Horse Park

Blue Route – This route operates between the Alltech Arena main entrance and the BreyerFest main entrance/ticket booth only.  This route is intended to transport guests who are parked in the overflow parking up at the Alltech Arena in the morning down to the ticket booth for admission to the event, or to transport those guests back to their cars in the afternoon.  This is also a quick way to get to your workshop up at the Alltech Arena if you’re registered for a workshop at BreyerFest, or to get to the evening show.

Stops are marked with tall blue and yellow SHUTTLE feather flags and route signage and will either be in a Breyer-branded tent or a gazebo.  This route operates from approximately 9 am to the conclusion of the evening show Friday and Saturday (4 pm on Sunday) and only makes these two stops.  Shuttle departs either location approximately every 15 minutes.

Red Route – This route is the Kentucky Horse Park loop and buses make stops at EIGHT locations throughout the KHP:

·         The Visitor Information Center/KHP entrance

·         BreyerFest Main Entrance/Ticket Booth (this stop is across from the American Saddlebred Museum and is not quite AT the ticket booth)

·         Celebration Park on Rolex Lane (out past the Beer Garden)

·         The intersection of Nina Bonnie Blvd and Lee Cholak Rd, which is near where Event Model Handout will be this summer.

·         The intersection of Nina Bonnie Blvd and Jay Trump Dr, which is near Barn 5 of BreyerFest guest horse stabling

·         The Info Booth/Help Desk at the South Expo Hall of the Alltech Arena, where workshops are held

·         The main entrance of the Alltech Arena

·         The North Expo Hall, where the Model Horse shows are hosted.

All stops on the Red Route are marked with tall blue and yellow SHUTTLE feather flags, route signage, and will be either in a gazebo or a Breyer-branded tent, except for the North Expo Hall, which is just a feather flag and does not have an attendant.  Buses will service these stops approximately every 15 minutes from 9 am until 6:30 pm and then all internal KHP shuttles will run directly between the Alltech Arena and Main BreyerFest Entrance at the conclusion of the evening show until 9 pm.

Hotel Shuttles

Green Route – This route goes from the Kentucky Horse Park to the Clarion in the evenings, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  It will make stops at the Alltech Arena Main Entrance, the BreyerFest Main Entrance/Ticket Booth and the Clarion Hotel Bluegrass Convention Center Entrance (the back of the hotel).

Stops at the KHP with be marked with tall blue and yellow SHUTTLE feather flags and marked with route signage; the stop at the Clarion will only be marked with route signage, but will have an attendant to assist guests.

We encourage guests who are not staying at a partner hotel on the Yellow Route (below) to park their cars at the KHP to participate in the evening activities at the Clarion.  This route will operate on Thursday evening beginning at 6 pm (adjusted to accommodate for the Breyer Birthday Bash) and on Friday and Saturday evenings this route will begin at 5 pm.  This route will make its final departure back to the KHP from the Clarion each evening at 11 pm; please do not be late!  This shuttle will pick up stops approximately every 30-45 minutes, but please remember that it will be dealing with rush-hour traffic on Newtown Pike on Thursday and Friday evenings, so we appreciate your patience.

Yellow Route – This shuttle route services our three partner hotels to get guests safely and quickly to the Clarion hotel in the evenings on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of BreyerFest weekend.

Hotels serviced by this route are:

·         The Clarion Hotel, 1950 Newtown Pike

·         The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1801 Newtown Pike

·         The Mainstay Suites & Quality Inn, 1938 Stanton Way

         o     The LaQuinta by Windham at 1920 Stanton Way and The Glo at 1935 Stanton Way are also serviced by this stop, but the stop is at the Mainstay/Quality Inn.

·         The Courtyard by Marriott Lexington North, 775 Newtown Ct (NEW for 2025)

This route will operate on Thursday evening beginning at 6 pm (adjusted to accommodate for the Breyer Birthday Bash) and on Friday and Saturday evenings this route will begin at 5 pm.  This route will make it’s final departure from the Clarion each evening at 11 pm; please do not be late!  This shuttle will pick up at stops approximately every 30 minutes, but please remember that it will be dealing with rush-hour traffic on Newtown Pike on Thursday and Friday evenings, so we appreciate your patience.

Be sure to bookmark this post so you have it handy!  While we are not able to post a timetable with specific pickup times due to the unpredictability of guest volume and traffic, our shuttles endeavor to be as timely as possible all weekend long.