Photo of the Day 126

Miniature Horse, Kentucky, 2003

Photograph by Melissa Farlow

A miniature horse stands in a field near Lexington, Kentucky, a bit of a curiosity in a region known more for its regal, fleet-footed thoroughbreds. There are some 500 thoroughbred horse farms in and around Lexington, where pastures, fed by the rich leavings of a long-vanished sea, are said to be among the world's best.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "High Stakes in the Bluegrass," May 2003, National Geographic magazine)