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Kentucky Derby infield tamer than my first one, but still a wild party
Patrick Just of Louisville takes a turn on an improvised water slide during an afternoon downpour in the infield at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day. “You don’t do Derby,” he said. “Derby does...
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Veteran sign painter creates art from Lexington, racing nostalgia
John Cox, owner of Thoroughgraphics, shows a copy, at right, he is making of an old sign from the Nashua Room at the old Hialeah racetrack in Hialeah, Fla. Cox said he acquired several old Hialeah...
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Lexington center finds new careers for retired race horses
Susanna Thomas, director of the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center, talked to Sullenberger, a former race horse who is being trained for a new role as a pleasure horse. “Sully” was recently adopted....
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Derby Day at Keeneland: all that was missing was live horses
Derby Day at Keeneland was a laid-back affair. Photos by Tom Eblen Billy Hargis of Danville got to Keeneland early on Kentucky Derby Day to stake out a bench and start studying the program in the...
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At the Red Mile, horse racing’s ‘evolution’ looks like a casino
Instant racing machines at the Red Mile. Photo by Charles Bertram I went to the Red Mile last week to check out what the 140-year-old harness track calls “The Evolution of Horse Racing.” It was sunny...
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With Breeders’ Cup coming, black jockey Isaac Murphy gets his due
The most celebrated jockey in Lexington this month won’t be riding in Keeneland’s fall meet, or afterward at the Breeders’ Cup. In fact, he died 119 years ago. Isaac Burns Murphy, a black Kentuckian...
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Hitches seem few as Keeneland shines during its first Breeders’ Cup
An outrider and police officer exchange glances in the Keeneland paddock before the first race on Breeders’ Cup day Friday. Photos by Tom Eblen Keeneland, which has spent 79 years building an...
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Brothers’ Mongolian Saturday wins colorfully at Breeders’ Cup
Dressed in traditional costume, brothers Tserenjigmed Dagvadorj, left, CEO of the Mongolian conglomerate Max Group, and his brother, horse trainer Ganbaatar Dagvadorj were there to root for their horse...
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Lexington’s first Breeders’ Cup was a big success; how could the next one be...
At the Breeders’ Cup. Photo by Tom Eblen Kip Cornett said he and his wife were at an airport in June when he read on his cellphone a column by Barry Weisbord, president and co-publisher of...
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