The same goes for the soft-touch integra-
tion of topography, functionality, and aes-
thetics on display the stallion complex at
Shadwell Farm's Nashwan Stud, and in cer-
tain architectural aspects of WinStar Farm,
Three Chimneys Farm, and the grandstand
entryway built at Keeneland Race Course for
the 2015 Breeders' Cup.
Esarey, 60, will tell you in self-deprecating
fashion that his Thoroughbred design portfo-
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Esarey explained with a laugh in a recent
phone interview. "But I tell people it must
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Although Esarey's architectural creativity
spans the globe—everything from a space
shuttle launch complex in California to the
Dole Pineapple production facility in Hawaii
to housing in New York, Los Angeles, and
China—this winner of 12 American Society of
Landscape Architecture awards and the pres-
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feels most at home in the Bluegrass working
in close proximity to horses.
