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.
Horsemen: Ellis Park’s first condition book is now online at Equibase.com Ellis Park news release by publicist Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media photo) HENDERSON,
Churchill Downs stakes recap by the track’s media team (Coady Media/Kurtis Coady photo of Doncho winning Saturday’s Mighty Beau under Jaime Torres) LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY DERBY 153 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE TODAY AT NOON Tickets Available in Homestretch Club, Starting Gate Courtyard, Ford First Turn, General Admission
Excerpts from today’s NYRA Belmont Stakes Festival notes, where Kentuckians are prominent (Coady Media/Ashley Phillips photo above of Commandment training at Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs stakes advance by publicist Kevin Kerstein (Coady Media/Cady Coulardot photo of Further Ado winning Keeneland’s G1 Toyota Blue Grass) LOUISVILLE, Ky.