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.
(File photo of Senator Damon Thayer courtesy NKY Tribune) FRANKFORT, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 19, 2021) — Expanding purse supplements for Kentucky-breds to include
Keeneland press release (Coady Photography photo of Strava winning a Keeneland maiden race): LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 19, 2021) – Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock
Kentucky HBPA release (Photo above: Wayne Catalano after Aloha West’s victory. Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders’ Cup) Post-race video: DEL MAR, Calif. — One of the
Kentucky HBPA release (Alex Evers/Eclipse Thoroughbred/Breeders’ Cup photo above)Video: Post-Classic interviewsVideo: B-roll, Baffert on Medina Spirit’s second DEL MAR, Calif.
By Jennie Rees, KY HBPA (Alex Evers/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders’ Cup photo of Echo Zulu winning Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies) DEL MAR, Calif. (Saturday, Nov. 6,
An Ellis Park press release (photo: rendition of Ellis Entertainment Owensboro exterior): Henderson, KY. (October 26, 2021) – As preparations begin to celebrate