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Horse racing fans from across the country attend Keeneland’s annual Fall Meet

Isabella Sepahban, Staff Reporter October 7, 2024

Keeneland's official 2024 Fall Meet Opening Day gathered attendees from across the country and University of Kentucky students on the Paddock. The Fall Meet began on Oct. 4 and will continue through...

The Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

The time to legalize sports betting is now

Hunter Shelton April 7, 2022

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal ban on sports betting over three years ago, the United States has witnessed a boom in the world of props, parlays and pick-em's. As of March 2022, 30 states...

Patrons hold up phones and watch as horses cross the finish line in an undercard race during the opening day of Keeneland's Fall Meet in Lexington, Kentucky, on Oct. 8, 2021.

Race time in the Bluegrass: Keeneland Fall Meet 2021 opens

Sophia Shoemaker October 13, 2021

Visiting Keeneland in the fall has been a Lexington tradition for years. After last fall’s meet had limited participants due to the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors were ready to return to a sense of normalcy...

A person walks up the ice covered step of the Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Legislature to watch

Haley Simpkins February 16, 2021

The Kentucky legislature has been busy since resuming session on Feb. 2, introducing a number of bills and continuing impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andy Beshear.The legislature has also wrapped...

Horses turn a bend in the second race of Keeneland's first of the spring meet on Friday, April 6, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Lexington horse racing community faces flaws of the sport

Ryan Brokamp March 20, 2019

Since December 2018, 22 race horses have died at the San Anita track in Los Angeles, California.As pressures for safety progression in horse racing continue to rise on a national level, members of the...

Kentucky women's soccer head coach Ian Carry is from Navan, Ireland, but now calls Lexington, Kentucky, home. Photo provided by UK Athletics

UK women’s soccer coach stays connected to his Irish roots

October 2, 2018

Home is a long ways away for Kentucky women’s soccer head coach Ian Carry, whose roots are in Navan, Ireland.Navan is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, located about 30 miles northwest of the Irish capital...

Horses run down the track during the second race on opening day of the fall meet at Keeneland race track on Friday, October 6, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

UK students gear up for Keeneland’s spring meet

Bailey Suiter April 6, 2018

Though it may not feel like spring, Keeneland will be open its gates for the 2018 spring meet Friday. Thousands of people will gather at the grounds to partake in watching and betting on thoroughbreds.Keeneland...

Keeneland President, Bill Thomason opens Penny Chenery's memorial service in the Keeneland Sales Barn.

Horse racing legend Penny Chenery honored at Keeneland

October 10, 2017

Penny Chenery is described as a good-looking, warm and intelligent woman whose tell-it-like-it-is style made her a monolith in the horse racing world.She was said to be a woman who changed a man’s sport.Hundreds...

It’s Keeneland season in the Bluegrass

Maddi Dyment October 7, 2017

On Friday, the gates opened to one of Lexington’s most cherished traditions: Keeneland racing season.The sun shined bright on this old Kentucky home, making for a hot and breezy day at the racetrack....

 

Horse track handouts attract students

Elizabeth Thompson April 6, 2016

With opportunities for college students, Keeneland College Day on Friday will likely attract many UK students hoping to score a scholarship.Keeneland’s scholarship  day was started by the Kentucky Thoroughbred...

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