Kentucky looks at “rapid response” drug investigations
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission staff is looking for a way to respond to new medication threats in a more timely fashion. KHRC Executive Director John Ward outlined an idea last week to the...
View ArticleThe answer to a persistent Lasix question
An open records request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has produced the name of the fired veterinarian who mistakenly gave the same horse two shots of the anti-bleeding drug furosemide in...
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Rapid response test development plan gets first OK
A so-called rapid response plan to improve drug testing in Kentucky received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s Equine Drug KHRC member Ned Bonnie expresses...
View ArticleFrankfort-speak
When legislative sessions come to their merciful end in Frankfort, most of us in the media begin to wonder what got slipped into a bill that we didn’t catch. And many more examples exist of a poorly...
View ArticleConcerns over a proposed progressive jackpot wager in Kentucky at Churchill...
UPDATED with racing commission meeting date change: Trying to spice up wagering, Churchill Downs Racetrack would like to start a progressive jackpot pick 6 where a single winner would take down the...
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Where the backside ends
Shel Silverstein With apologies to the late Shel Silverstein and his seminal “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is debating where the backstretch...
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It’s a date
This is the week when any remaining questions about the 2014 Kentucky racing calendar 2012 AP File Photo / Churchill Downs Racetrack President Kevin Flanery and Kentucky Downs President Corey Johnsen...
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Instant Racing | Ellis Park seeks to cut overhead, move 50 machines to...
Ellis Park is requesting to reduce its number of machines for the slot-like Instant Racing game. The Henderson, Ky., is asking the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to move 50 machines to Kentucky Downs...
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