We are pleased to present our 2008 trip schedule.

Please note that the trip lengths as described include the departure date from the U.S., the arrival date at the destination, and the earliest return date to the U.S. In most cases, one of the nights will be spent en route overseas. The Australia trip involves crossing the International Date Line, and thus the overnight flight down will use two calendar days. This "lost" day is made up on the return - departure is in the afternoon and arrival back in the U.S., after an overnight flight, is on the morning of the same calendar day. We are offering a flexible start date on the Ireland and Australia trips.

As always, the trips are designed for easy extension, either before or after the scheduled dates, for those who wish a longer stay abroad.

We hope you will find one or more of our 2008 trips of interest. Please don't hesitate to call or e-mail us if you have any questions about the trips, or if you would like to be listed to go on one. We look forward to hearing from you.

Everyone with an interest in horse racing should experience the Royal Meeting at Ascot at least once. It has unique pageantry and an extreme concentration of varied and high-class racing. The itinerary includes three days at Ascot featuring eleven Group races, three Listed races, and four rich and traditional handicaps. We'll organize admittance to the Royal Enclosure and the required clothes for the men. We'll also go down to Goodwood in Sussex, considered by many to be the world's most beautiful racecourse, for an evening of racing there. Please note there is additional advance paperwork involved in this trip, and it will have an early closing date. We recommend that those interested contact us as soon as possible.

This year, take a short break from Saratoga or Del Mar and join us for a full week at this seaside resort, the summer focus of racing in France. There's racing most days at the town's two courses, and France's major concentration of stud farms is just inland, easily available for our visits. The premier yearling sale of the year will start while we're there, and the town will be crawling with European racing people all week. The local dining's not bad, either. We'll also make a full-day's excursion to the D-Day landing beaches. We had a great time on this trip last year.

A week in Ireland culminating with one of the most important races in Europe - the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. We'll also have racing at two of Ireland's small, atmosphere-rich country courses and a day at The Curragh if you come over early enough. We'll see training and visit a number of farms in this country that produces more high-quality bloodstock per capita than any other in the world.

The Breeders Cup is set for Santa Anita in California on October 24-25. We've scheduled our Australia trip to start right afterwards so that those coming to the Cup from elsewhere will be already on their way. The one-of-a-kind Melbourne Cup highlights the trip, and we'll also have another major racing day in Melbourne and one at Sydney's premier course. In the Hunter Valley we'll visit horse farms and sample wine, and we'll do that outside Melbourne as well. The trip will have a good bit of sightseeing, including a special experience out on Sydney's spectacular harbor. A flexible start date will help fit the trip into individual travel plans.

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