TEAM BIG BROWN: One big happy family Jun 5, 2008
The IRS obtained a $130,000 lien against him for unpaid taxes, and Keeneland Association of Lexington, Ky. won a $554,156 judgment against him for failing to pay for horses purchased at auction. (USA Today -- Sports)
Governor names 3 to Horse Park commission May 15, 2008
W.B. Rogers Beasley, director of racing for the Keeneland Association, who previously served as director of sales for Keeneland. Alston M. Kerr, who serves as chairman of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, as well as, vice president of the World Games Foundation 2010. (Louisville Business First, KY)
North County Times staff writer wins Eclipse Award Dec 28, 2007
In gathering information, Hiro was aided by results from the 2006 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, hosted by Keeneland Association. He talked to numerous industry insiders who attended the summit. (North County Times)
Jockey Club favors ban on steroids Aug 22, 2007
Waterman's call for funds was repeated by Nick Nicholson, the president of Keeneland Association, which supported the establishment of the Equine Drug Research Initiative two years ago. The initiative, which funds research at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, has resulted in the development of a number of new tests to detect low levels of beta-2 agonists, a class of dugs that includes the bronchial dilators clenbuterol and albuterol. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Horse racing's black eye Aug 12, 2007
The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, hosted by Keeneland Association, was not the first such gathering of concerned parties. Never, though, had the participants been quite so varied or committed. (North County Times)
A surface issueAll eyes (and hooves) will be on the new artificial Polytrack mix, which is supposed to lead to safer and more consistent racing Jul 16, 2007
The Keeneland Association is a 50 percent partner with the English parent company for North American distribution of Polytrack ... In 2005, Turfway Park, which is owned by the Keeneland Association and Harrah's Entertainment, became the first track in North America to install Polytrack. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Racing Churchill, Pimlico on Synthetic Dirt May Be $10 Million Gone Awry May 4, 2007
Keeneland Association Inc., a co-owner of Turfway Park in northern Kentucky, partnered with Berkshire, England-based Martin Collins International, to bring the synthetic surface to the U.S. In 1987, Martin Collins installed the first Polytrack in Wiltshire, England. This is the beginning of a revolution in American racing, and it's all going to be for the positive,'' said Nick Nicholson, chief executive officer of Lexington, Kentucky-based Keeneland. (Bloomberg -- US)
A day at the races: Elloree Trials, March 24 Mar 18, 2007
com; by mail at Keeneland Association, Attn: Reserved Seats, P.O. Box 1690, Lexington, Ky. 40588-1690; or by fax at 859-288-4150. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
