Starting Gate Storytime
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Join us for Starting Gate Storytime at Keeneland Library, where the horse is front and center in live readings of select children’s stories. Each book is paired with a literacy, art, history, industry awareness, or STEM activity, and Keeneland Kids Club’s favorite mascot Buckles will be on hand to brush up on his reading and spend time with young racing fans and horse lovers.

This series is ideal for learners ages 3 through 7. Starting Gate Storytime programs are free but book your spot soon, because these tickets are sure to move fast out of the starting gate.

Upcoming Programs: 
June 14 at 11 a.m.:
Jim Dandy: A Dark Horse by Maddy Zanetti
July 5 at 10:30 a.m.: 
If I Had a Horse by Gianna Marino
August 23 at 10:30 a.m.:
K is for Keeneland by Rebecca Faires
September 13 at 10:30 a.m.:
This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis
November 1 at 10:30 a.m.:
I Rode the Red Horse by Barbara M. Libby
November 29 at 10:30 a.m.:
Sham’s Dream by Mary Walsh

Tickets

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$7 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $10 Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays; $15 Opening Weekend
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$15 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $25 Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays; $30 Opening Weekend
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$40 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $50 Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays; $60 Opening Weekend
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$125 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $150 Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays; $175 Opening Weekend
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$100 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $125 Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays; $150 Opening Weekend
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$106 Per Ticket; open Friday-Sunday
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$10 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $20 Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays
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$40 Wednesdays & Thursdays; $50 Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays
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