The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon & miniMarathon is among the footraces featured in a new paperback, Great Races, Incredible Places: 100+ Fantastic runs Around the World, to be published in April.
In the “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” section of the book, author Kimi Puntillo says “southern hospitality and horse-racing are hallmarks” of both the Kentucky [...]
The British Broadcasting Corp. is planning television coverage of the Alltech FEI European Championships in August at Windsor Castle.
For American riders who can’t travel to England this summer, the BBC images could be their best look at the competition before they face many of the same riders in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at [...]
If you’re waiting for Keeneland to roll out its new master plan, the racetrack’s president says hold your horses.
In August, Keeneland hired the architectural firm HOK Sport to develop a plan to expand the historic Lexington track to accommodate the larger crowds that had been coming to the races.
Nick Nicholson, Keeneland’s president and chief executive [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers fans should get to know Royce Pulliam. He’s about to get connected with the best seats in Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games.
Here’s how it works.
Pulliam is the founder and chief executive of the Lexington-based Urban Active Fitness chain.
Urban Active is partially owned by Laurel Crown Partners LLC, a Los [...]
Imagine not having to leave your seat and stand in line to get food and drink during University of Kentucky games at Rupp Arena.
The Cats always make a big play when your back is turned and if you wait for halftime, the crowds are huge.
Collin Wallace and David Ward have got you covered.
They are co-founders [...]
LeRoy Neiman couldn’t attend Tuesday’s unveiling of his official painting for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games so he sent his “electrons,” as one speaker put it.
He sent a short video message that began: “I’m LeRoy Neiman and I’m a New York painter.”
That’s like saying “I’m Barack Obama and I’m an Illinois politician.”
At 87, Neiman [...]
The economy rained on Keeneland’s parade during the recent fall meet.
Betting, both on-track and via simulcasting, was down substantially, although attendance was strong.
Overall, 239,117 fans turned out from Oct. 3-25, only 179 short of last year’s record.
“If it hadn’t rained on Friday (the next to last day of the meet), we would have broken our [...]
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Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known for singing “God Bless America” at Yankee Stadium, thrilled guests at Ashford Stud outside Versailles during a party Saturday.
The Ryder Cup-related visit of Irish tourism minister Martin Cullen prompted the festivities, reports Herald-Leader Editor Linda Austin.
More than 100 guests dined under the stars at the Coolmore-owned horse farm on Irish [...]
Like the old song says, “All the boys will sing and the girls will shout and the ladies they will all turn out” when the No. 66 Hunt Brothers Chevrolet rolls into Paris on Aug. 26 and Frankfort on Aug. 27.
Some will turn out to see a new addition to NASCAR racing while others will [...]
Pearse Lyons is an Irishman.
“The Irish are the laziest men in the world,” he told the Kentucky Chamber’s Economic Summit and Annual Meeting on Tuesday.
(You could almost hear someone say, “How lazy are they?”)
“We always marry pregnant women,” he said, without missing a beat.
There was a twitter of laughter that quickly became a roar as [...]
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