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.
(Wonderful story by Kevin Kerstein, Churchill Downs publicity. CD photo) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 18, 2022) – It’s been 100 years since Willis Kilmer’s famed Exterminator rallied
(Photo: National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback, left, and NHBPA President Dr. Doug Daniels. Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation) Kentucky horsemen: The text below is a
Churchill Downs publicity press release (Coady Photography photo of Forte winning Breeders’ Cup Juvenile) Update: Wagering has been suspended on Frank’s Honor, who
(Churchill Downs stakes advance by the track’s publicity department. Coady Photography photo above of Played Hard in Locust Grove win) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday,
By Churchill Downs publicity department (Gwen Davis photos, including above of Petit Verdot, #6 under Florent Geroux, winning the Tom Metzen Memorial Canterbury