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Kenny McPeek has racing in his blood,
an eye for the horse and a winning record
By Elizabeth Troutman KyForward Correspondent Kentucky trainer Kenny McPeek tells first-time investors his “Rule of Five” when they are buying in to the game of Thoroughbred racing. Your first horse will run — and that’s about as much …
Keeneland opens 2012 auction season
with January Horses of All Ages Sale
Keeneland will kick off the 2012 sale year on Monday with its January Horses of All Ages Sale. A total of 1,594 lots have been cataloged for the four-day auction, to be held January 9-12. Sessions begin daily at 10 …
Turfway Park racing continues uninterrupted
through April 1, highlighted by Vinery Spiral
Turfway Park closes its 2011 Holiday Meet on New Year’s Eve but racing continues uninterrupted as the Northern Kentucky track opens its 2012 Winter/Spring Meet on New Year’s Day. The highlight of the meet is the 41st running of …
Call for vote on expanded gaming has
‘only gotten stronger,’ Beshear says
Gov. Steve Beshear says a new poll showing that most Kentuckians want the chance to vote on whether to allow casino gaming in the state means that “we should not make our citizens wait a moment longer to have their …
Poll shows majority of Kentuckians favor
chance to vote on casino-style gaming
A recent survey conducted by a prominent, national public opinion research firm shows that an overwhelming majority of Kentuckians want the chance to vote on whether to allow casino gaming in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In addition, nearly two-thirds of …
Kentucky Equine Education Project holding
on-line fundraising auction of stallion seasons
The Kentucky Equine Education Project’s Stallion Season Auction is underway online until 12:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 22. Interested bidders should log on to www.horseswork.com to register and place their bids. All seasons are being offered “live foal guaranteed …
Turfway winners advance to competition
in Las Vegas for handicapping championship
After making the cut at Turfway Park’s qualifying contest on Sunday, Tom Martinson of Fort Ann, N.Y., James Benes of Carol Stream, Ill., and Steve Wolfson Jr. of Holly Hill, Fla., will head to Las Vegas Jan. 27 and 28 …
HRRN, Keeneland partner to broadcast live
from Symposium on Racing and Gaming
Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, announced Thursday that it will partner with Keeneland to provide special coverage of the 38th Annual Symposium on Racing & Gaming in Tucson, Arizona, beginning Tuesday, Dec. …
Turfway’s Holiday Meet stakes schedule
begins with $50,000 Holiday Inaugural
The Holiday Meet stakes schedule at Turfway Park kicks off Saturday with the $50,000 Holiday Inaugural, six furlongs for fillies and mares 3 years old and up. Dr. Diamonds Prize won the Gowell Stakes here last year and in …
1,594 horses cataloged January sale
of ‘all ages’ at Keeneland
Keeneland has cataloged 1,594 horses for its 2012 January Horses of All Ages Sale, scheduled for January 9-12. Catalogs will be available online at www.keeneland.com beginning Tuesday, December 6. Print catalogs will be mailed the week of December 19. The January …
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