This blog post was actually spawned from a visit to Devon Saddlery near Washington, D.C. I saw a poster there for a horse event, which included information on the National Sporting Library. I then became curious as to what other horse libraries were out there.

I visited the Kentucky Horse Park as a teenager when I was competing in the National Horse Bowl Competition in Lexington, KY. Horse Bowl is a jeopardy-like contest in which contestants are on two teams of four individuals. The competition consists of team and individual questions. My teammates and I represented New York State in the 1995 Horse Bowl Competition. See some sample horse bowl questions. Below are a few horse libraries and museums that I found.

Special Libraries

from the Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers, 40th ed., 2012

All-Russian Research Institute of Horse Breeding - Research Library
P.O. Institut Konevodstva Rybnoe
391128 Ryazan, Russia

American Saddlebred Museum - Library
4083 Iron Works Pkwy.
Lexington, KY 40511 USA
859-259-2746, x-312
Saddlebred history, Saddlebred bloodlines, training, riding, driving, art

American Suffolk Horse Association (ASHA) - Library
4240 Goehring Rd.
Ledbetter, TX 78946-5004 USA
979-249-5795

Arabian Horse Owners Foundation - W.R. Brown Memorial Library
4101 N. Bear Canyon Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85749 USA
520-760-0682 / 800-892-0682.
Arabian horses - history, breeding, use; horses in general - use, care, training, literature, history

Arabian Horse Trust - Library
12000 Zuni St.
Westminster, CO 80234 USA
303-450-4710
Arabian horses - breeding, history, bloodlines; horsemanship

Audrain County Historical Society Library
501 S. Muldrow
Mexico, MO 65265 USA
573-581-3910
County history, saddle horses.

Australian Racing Museum Library
Racine Victoria Centre
400 Epsom Rd.
Flemington, Victoria 3031, Australia
Australian racing - art, culture, social history

Australian Thoroughbred Breeders Club Library
PO Box 821
Windsor, New South Wales 2756, Australia
Thoroughbred horses - breeding and racing

Bay Meadows Racetrack - William P. Kyne Memorial Thoroughbred Racing Library
PO Box 5050
San Mateo, CA 94402 USA
650-574-7223
Thoroughbred horses - racing, breeding, training, diseases, history; personalities in racing

Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. - The Handicapper's Library
801 Corporate Dr., 3rd Fl.
PO Box 4097
Lexington, KY 40544-4097 USA
859-223-4444 / 800-354-9206
Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, horse racing, horse and farm management

California State Polytechnic University - W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library
3801 W. Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA, 91768
909-869-3092
Arabian horses - history, breeding, use, pedigrees, literature

California Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc. - Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library
PO Box 60018
Arcadia, CA 91066
626-445-7800
Thoroughbred horses - racing, breeding, veterinary, training, handicapping, fiction

Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Library
PO Box 172
Rexdale, ON, Canada M9W 5L1
416-675-1370

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame - Peter D. Haughton Memorial Library
240 Main St.
Goshen, NY 10924
845-294-6330
History of Standardbred horses, history of harness racing, training horses, horses in literature, veterinary medicine

Keeneland Association Library
Keeneland Race Course
4201 Versailles Rd.
Box 1690
Lexington, KY 40588
859-254-3412 / 800-456-3412
Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding, horse sports

Kentucky Horse Park - Research Library
4089 Iron Works Pkwy.
Lexington, KY 40511
859-259-4231 / 800-678-8813

Lord Strathcona's Horse Regimental Museum Archives
4520 Crowchild Tr., SW
Calgary, AB Canada T2T 5J4
403-242-6610
Regimental history

National Horseracing Museum Library
99 High St.
Newmarket CB8 8JH, UK

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - John A. Morris Library
191 Union Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-584-0400 X109 / 800-562-5394.

National Sporting Library & Museum
PO Box 1335
Middleburg, VA 20118
540-687-6542
Horses and horse sports including horsemanship, foxhunting, polo, racing, showing, training, breeding, veterinary care; horse in art, history, and literature; related field sports including beagling, shooting, fishing, falconry, cockfighting

Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders Association Library
PO Box 17248
Portland, OR 97217 USA
503-285-0658
Thoroughbreds - life, breeding, racing

Palomino Horse Breeders of America Library
15253 E. Skelly Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74116-2620 USA
918-438-1234
Horses and equine-related activities, the Palomino horse

Standardbred Canada Library
2150 Meadowvale Blvd.
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5N 6R6
905-858-3060, x-229
Harness racing, standardbred breeding

The Jockey Club Library
821 Corporate Dr.
Lexington, KY 40503 USA
859-224-2700
Thoroughbred breeding and racing

University of Kentucky - Gluck Equine Research Center - John A. Morris Memorial Library
Gluck Equine Research Center, 2nd Fl.
1400 Nicholasville Rd.
Lexington, KY 40546-0099 USA
859-257-4757 x81147
Equine veterinary medicine, horses and horse care

The Blood-Horse Library
P O Box 4038
Lexington , KY 40544-4038
606-278-2361
Not open to the public
All books and publications dealing with Thoroughbreds. Reference library has photographs for reprints.

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Library
Ellerslie Racecourse
Bag 99908
Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand

The World Sidesaddle Federation, Inc. Library
P O Box 1104
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-284-3176

Museums

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum
2601 East I-40
Amarillo, TX 79104
806-376-5181

American Saddlebred Museum
4083 Iron Works Pkwy.
Lexington, KY 40511-8401
859-259-2746

Appaloosa Museum
2720 W. Pullman Rd.
Moscow, ID 83843-0903
208-882-5578 ext. 279

Carriage Museum of America
At the Kentucky Horse Park
4089 Iron Works Parkway
Lexington, KY 40511

Florida Carriage Museum and Resort
Shannon Southwick
3000 Marion County Rd.
Weirsdale, FL 32195
352-750-5500

German Equine Museum

Historic Dartfield Horse Museum & Heritage Center

International Museum of the Horse
Kentucky Horse Park
4089 Iron Works Pkwy.
Lexington, KY 40511-8434
859-259-4231 / 859-259-4232

Kentucky Derby Museum 704 Central Ave.
Louisville, KY 40208
502-637-7097

The Living Horse Museum

National Horseracing Museum (United Kingdom)

National Museum of Horseshoeing and Tools

National Museum of the Morgan Horse
Bob Morgan, Am. Morgan Horse Inst.
34 Main St. – P.Box 101
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-985-8665

National Steeplechase Museum
200 Knight's Hill Rd.
Box 2424
Camden, SC 29020
803-432-6513

Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
101 Pro Rodeo Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80919-2328
719-528-4714

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum Inc.
c/o Classic Communications
38 Mechanic St., Ste. 101
Foxboro, MA 02035-2042
508-698-6810