Jennie Rees is a communications and advocacy specialist in the horse industry who spent 32 years covering horse racing for The (Louisville) Courier-Journal before taking a corporate buyout. In addition to handling communications for the Kentucky HBPA, Rees serves as a consultant to the National HBPA. Other projects include the Preakness Stakes, Indiana Grand’s Indiana Derby Week and work for various HBPA affiliates and horsemen’s associations.
Stakes recap by Fair Grounds publicist Kevin Kilroy/Hodges photo of Simply Joking winning Silverbulletday under Jaime Torres New Orleans, La (Jan. 18, 2025) –
Turfway Park stakes advances by publicist Kevin Kerstein/Coady Media photo of Everland winning last year’s Bourbonette Oaks (G3) FLORENCE, Ky. (Friday, Jan. 17,
Kentucky HBPA press release by Jennie Rees (Coady Media photo of presentation to Steve Asmussen for winning Churchill Downs’ fall meet title) LOUISVILLE,
Conference registration and more information Q&A with Damon Thayer on HBPA.org A National HBPA press release (Jennie Rees photo of now retired Kentucky