Hi! I'm NEIGHdlepoint, a life-size fiberglass horse covered in yards of vintage and newly stitched needlepoint.

My dam is Donna Lynn Eads and my sire is Mike Cooper, both Lexington Kentucky needlepoint designers!  I'm proud to be a part of Horsemania 2022, a large public display of horse art sponsored by LexArts, greater Lexington's premier cultural development, advocacy and fund raising organization committed to the arts.

Horses will be on display through Breeders Cup which will be held at Keeneland Race Track in early November.  Because of my coat of needlepoint, I am stabled in an indoor location at the Historic Lexington Courthouse at 215 West Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky.  I'm on the ground floor of the courthouse which is an open public space and can be found directly behind the grand staircase.  The Short Street entrance to the courthouse (closest to NEIGHdlepoint)  is open daily from 10am until 11pm and on Sundays from 9am to 2pm.

 

  • This is Donna’s artistic rendering of how NEIGHdlepoint will look when covered in vintage and new needlepoint. Over 200 jockey silk squares representing famous horse farms will make up the bulk of needlepoint. Vintage floral needlepoint pieces will be used for the garland and hooves. Wool and cotton yarns will be used for NEIGHdlepoint’s mane and tail.

  • Here’s the first of many jockey silk squares. These devils red and blue silks are from the world famous Calumet Farm in Lexington, KY. Calumet has more Kentucky Derby winners than any horse farm in the world.

  • The fiberglass horses began arriving in late February. NEIGHdlepoint is very similar to this one and was chosen from over 400 entries to be part of Horsemania 2022. The 60 horses of Horsemania 2022 are scheduled to hit the streets of Lexington in late Spring and will remain on display until Breeders Cup 2022, taking place at the historic Keeneland Race Course in November.

  • These are the first of the 200 hand-painted jockey silk canvases that will cover NEIGHdlepoint!

  • The final product! Thank you to all the needlepointers who stitched a square!!

Follow the Stitchers/Groomers page to checkout completed squares!

Make plans to visit Lexington in the summer or fall where NEIGHdlepoint is out on display!

NEIGHdlepoint designers/owners Donna and Mike in the early planning stages of the project…smiling before we figured out how long it was going to take to paint 200 canvases!!

 
 

Completeing finishing touches in the studio!

 

NEIGHdlepoint ready for his debut!