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Though the commission regulates the entire horse racing industry in Kentucky, it is best known for its regulation of the Kentucky Derby, one of the three Triple Crown races. The agency's decisions regarding this race attract significant media coverage. Most notable are the two instances wherein the commission disqualified the winning horses.
TOBA is also represented on the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) as a founding member and on the American Horse Council. The Blood-Horse is a publication of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Daniel J. Metzger has been president of the association since 1999.
The equine industry in Kentucky is a major part of the state's agribusiness, including sectors involved in horse breeding and rearing, racing, buying and selling, and tourism. According to a study by the University of Kentucky, the equine industry contributed $3 billion to the state economy in 2012 and generated 40,665 jobs. [ 1 ]
Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Epic Ride is hopeful to make the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 6 at Keeneland .
The Phoenix Stakes, now the oldest stakes race in the United States, was first run in 1831 as the Phoenix Hotel Handicap at the Kentucky Association track.Other important races inaugurated there and still run today, include the Ashland Oaks, revived as the Ashland Stakes, which was named for Henry Clay's Ashland estate; plus the Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1910), the Blue Grass Stakes (1911 ...
Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Catalytic will enter the Kentucky Derby off a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 30 at Gulfstream Park .
Kenneth L. "Ken" Ramsey (born 1935) and Sarah Kathern "Kitten" Ramsey (February 5, 1939 – May 29, 2022) [5] are horse breeders and owners of Thoroughbred race horses. They have multiple graded stakes winners, three Breeders' Cup winners, and the Ramseys themselves have won multiple Eclipse Awards for outstanding owner and breeder.
Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Endlessly will enter the Kentucky Derby off a victory in the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby on March 23 at Turfway Park .