Horsetails

Winsome Adante

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Known as "Dan" in the barn, the Bay gelding Winsome Adante is the only horse ever to win the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** three times. A team gold winner in the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, he also competed in the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, and won individual silver and team bronze in the 2002 Olympics. He was named the US Eventing Association's Horse of the Year in 2002, 2004, and 2005, and most recently placed third in the prestigious Badminton CCI in England in 2007. Winsome Adante's tail hair has been generously donated by Plain Dealing Farm in Scottsville, Virginia.

Plain Dealing Farm

http://www.plaindealingfarm.com/

Rod Lindauer

Born to a family of welders and metalworkers, Rod Lindauer learned to weld at an early age and considered mechanical engineering before discovering the world of art during his time at the University of Kentucky. After opening a sculpture and fabrication studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lindauer moved back to Kentucky in 2004. His bold, contemporary sculptures are gaining popularity in the Lexington and Bluegrass areas. Lindauer's violin of the crossbred eventer Winsome Adante reimagines the violin as a rough-hewn country fiddle, with a pattern of hoof-prints stampeding across the instrument, a reflection on Lindauer's memories of working the horse sales at Keeneland race track.

http://www.rodlindauer.com/

About the Project

Fifty-two artists from around the country have been chosen and each given small replicas of a violin and bow. Each artist has been assigned an unforgettable, beloved horse and has created a work of art. Artists have worked with paint, glass, metal, and other mediums. Their only charge was to embrace either the image or spirit of their horse. Horses include well-known Thoroughbreds, as well as other breeds represented in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™.

Each piece will be on display at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™. During the Games, a silent auction will take place, with all proceeds go to the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra’s Partners in Education, a program benefiting the children in high-risk areas of Kentucky through music education.

Please take the time to enjoy our art gallery (link to gallery), learn more about our special events (link to special events), and shop in our retail area for your very own HORSETAILS® 2010 merchandise. If you have questions about the project or would like more information, please contact us.

The Presentation

Each completed work of art is professionally mounted on linen mat board and framed in an antique black wooden slant-top shadow box. Framed by Lexington’s premiere sporting arts framer, the finished size measures 13.25" x 17".