Sister Cities
Lexington has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:
- Deauville, France since 1957
- County Kildare, Ireland since 1984
- Newmarket, United Kingdom since 2003
- Shinhidaka, Japan since 2006
- Shinhidaka was formed by a 2006 local government merger. One of the entities involved in the merger was Shizunai, which established a sister city relationship with Lexington in 1988.
All four are, like Lexington, major centers of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in their respective countries.
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