Archive for the 'World Equestrian Games' Category

Does time stand still when the clocks stop?

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 [...]

How good are they? Only the tape knows for sure

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 [...]

Saddle up! Alltech is sponsoring European championships

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Alltech is having so much fun as the first-ever title sponsor of the World Equestrian Games that the Nicholasville biotech company is doing it again — in Europe.
The international group that oversees equestrian sports, the Fédération Equestre Internationale, even combined a couple of championships to create the first-ever Alltech FEI European Jumping & Dressage Championships [...]

Neiman paints eight in one, and “signs” both sides

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 [...]

These winners go to the White House, losers go to Subway

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Here’s something to chew on as you eat your next turkey sandwich at Subway: The bird you are digesting might have been a runner-up to a turkey “pardoned” just before Thanksgiving by President Bush.
But there’s more.
Your Subway turkey was raised on feed products made by Nicholasville-based Alltech, chief sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian [...]

Classrooms in Chinese school will be named for Kentucky

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Alltech is doing a good deed in China that ought to be recognized.
The international animal feed company based in Nicholasville is sponsoring part of the reconstruction of an elementary school that was destroyed by an earthquake on May 12.
The Xiang-E Elementary collapsed, killing more than 370 teachers and students.
Alltech is joining with the Kentucky Chinese [...]

Kentucky gambles and wins on Wall Street

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 [...]

The World Wide Web becomes the World Wide WEG

Friday, October 17th, 2008

It’s 2009 and you’re in a country halfway around the world.
You want an update on the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games so you get your laptop, go to the Website of the 2010 Radio Show and listen to “the unofficial podcast” about the Games.
The show, which originates in Lexington, is a collection of news reports [...]

Tights to talcum powder, and the price is right!

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 [...]

World Games chief gets taken to the cleaners

Friday, September 12th, 2008

You know how it goes. You’re on a business trip. Your laundry starts piling up. You stuff it in one of those hotel laundry bags and drop it in the hall outside your room. A day or two later, your clothing comes back cleaned and pressed.
The one thing you usually don’t do is to check [...]