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Friday, March 13th, 2009
If you drove through downtown last week, you probably noticed that the digital countdown clocks for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games weren’t working.
Don’t panic. The Games haven’t been canceled or moved to Dubai.
“A part” failed in the clock system and has to be replaced, says Krista Greathouse, Mayor Jim Newberry’s liaison to the Games.
The [...]
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Friday, March 6th, 2009
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 [...]
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
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 [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
You’ve heard of “Joe the Plumber.”
Now there’s “Joe the Horse.”
He’s otherwise known as Alysheba or simply “America’s horse” — the world’s third richest Thoroughbred, with purse earnings of $6,679,242.
On Thursday, it was announced that the Kentucky Derby winner, who has spent the last eight years in the royal stables of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
When the history of the current national financial crisis is written, Kentucky may emerge as something of a pioneer in (of all things) the Wall Street bond market.
At the same time, the state may have gotten a good deal for the taxpayers.
“On Oct. 7, Kentucky sold $400 million worth of bonds to finance education and [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
If you can’t wait for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to begin in two years, the organizers at the World Games 2010 Foundation have a couple of free toys for you.
You can now download a dozen different desktop wallpapers featuring Games’ events at www.feigames2010.org/wallpapers.
There’s also a free digital clock that counts down to the [...]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
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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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Mike Nalepa, editor of the first edition of “Fodor’s Essential USA” travel guide, was on CNN’s Your Money on Sunday to discuss less expensive road trips as substitutes for traditional vacations this year.
“You recommend Kentucky bluegrass country,” the program’s host, Ali Velshi, said to Nalepa.
“Kentucky is an overlooked — it’s flyover country for most people, [...]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Mike Nalepa, editor of the first edition of “Fodor’s Essential USA” travel guide, was on CNN’s Your Money on Sunday to discuss less expensive road trips as substitutes for traditional vacations this year.
“You recommend Kentucky bluegrass country,” the program’s host, Ali Velshi, said to Nalepa.
“Kentucky is an overlooked — it’s flyover country for most people, [...]
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Ahhhh, it’s spring in Kentucky!
The bluegrass is growing.
The trees are leafing.
The flowers are blooming.
A “Wildcat cement truck” is in front of the Man o’ War statue at the Kentucky Horse Park, a truly ”beautiful” sight, says John Nicholson, the park’s executive director.
It reminds Nicholson that current construction — arena, stadium, museum expansion, new roads, etc. [...]
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