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.
Keeneland news release (above: Ted Bassett, left, with George Hamilton and Elizabeth Taylor at Keeneland in 1986. Bill Straus/Keeneland photo) LEXINGTON, KY (Jan.
An edited NTRA press release (Coady Media/Renee Torbit photo of Thorpedo Anna winning the Kentucky Oaks) PALM BEACH, Fla. (January 23, 2025) – The National
Turfway Park news release (Coady Media photos) FLORENCE, Ky. (Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025) – Jockey Gerardo Corrales achieved a major career milestone at Turfway Park Racing &
Stakes recap by Fair Grounds publicist Kevin Kilroy/Hodges photo of Simply Joking winning Silverbulletday under Jaime Torres New Orleans, La (Jan. 18, 2025) –