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Aaron Young

I am disappointed that Steve Stewart is ineligible to return to the KHHA board of directors this year. Hopefully, he will continue

to take time out of his schedule to help the Kentucky breeding and racing program and remain an asset to the future of our

industry. In the mean time, show the directors that they are accountable as elected representatives and vote for positive

change.

Janet Emerson - New Rule Change for Ky Fairs - Febuary 1, 2011

I think the new rule change is a great idea! I will consider this an eye for an eye! Ther

was no hesitation when th

rule was

changed in (the middle of the stream) to exclude non-residents from racing. This action just about devastated Ky fair racing

and our way of making a living. So you ,the breeders and suckups, are going to out smart yourselves and put yourselves out of

business. You will end up racing yourselves for no money. You have my blessings!

Gannun Loney

hey why dont yall put a pic of my dad brian loney on here he deserves it dont you thin

k all that stuff he does and you wont put

a pic of him on here.

John McGivens

It's amazing the time that people have on their hands. Your horseman's association needs your support and all you guys can

do is be critical.

Abigail - Breathalyzer

Why was the breathalyzer removed from The Red Mile and taken to Keeneland? I would think that Keeneland has their own or

the commission has enough to go around for multiple tracks racing on the same day. Whoever is in charge of the

Breathalyzer

should be given a fine or something for Morrill going on to the track drunk to begin with.

Lucian Blaylock

The track in question by Lucian Blaylock was Fairground Speedway in Louisville, KY. Was it a pari-mutuel track or just a fair

track. Anything about the track would be appreciated.

Billy Woodrum

I don't know if the judges had a hard on for CHRIS or just wanted to love on MIKE, but they had no merit in taking CHRIS

down. MIKE'S HORSE WAS SLUGGISH off the wings

nd there is not one view, pan-shot or otherwise, that will show interference

by CHRIS' HORSE. ALSO KNOWING MIKE'S HORSE STUCK THEM IN ABOUT SAME SPOT LAST WEEK!! I have thought all in all this

meet the judges have did a fair job, but this was terrible and th

ese

judges should be made stand up and take accountability,

for people gambling there money on the right outcome and then being robbed in plain daylight!! IF ANY OF THE THREE CAN

TAKE ME UP AND SHOW ME DIFFERENT, I WILL BE MAN ENOUGH TO APOLOGIZ

E (PUBLICLY). AND I SURE

M WAITING!!

Lucian Blaylock

Can someone tell me about this track in Louisville, KY in 40's & 50's.

Mike Murphy

After me posting a comment on Brentlawn a friend of ours,Jimmie Sheeler, presented us with a Brentlawn progam from 1954.

My wifes father JH Webb and others known to many were in the program. They had purses of $800.00, probably a lot better

considering the year and what expenses were back then than now!!

Billy Woodrum - Charity Race

33 YEARS OF NIGHTLY SUPPORT FOR HARNESS RACING AND EACH YEAR I ASK TO GET TO RACE AROUND MY HOMETRACK JUST

ONCE FOR CHARITY AND I WANT TO RACE AGAINST TERRY C. MIKE MURPHY AND SAM BOWIE AND I KNOW GIVEN EQUAL HORSE

I CAN TAKE THEM!! AND I WILL GUARANTEE ATTENDANCE WILL BE UP TO SEE ME CROSS THE LINE FIRST!! SEE YOU 3 IN THE

WINNERS CIRCLE!!

Mike Murphy -- Track in Shelbyville, Ky

The name of the track in question was Brentlawn. Dave Howard in Indiana would know more about it. He lived near it and raced

there.

William McClenahan

Shot in the dark. I am doing preliminary research on what I think was a harness track between Louisville and Shelbyville (on

Jeff-Shelby line) in the late 1940s. Oultine of track alleged to be visible on some aerial maps. Beside Route 60. Name reputed

to be Brookhaven/Bellehaven? Any info helpful

Aaron Young

I have also noticed a couple of times where a horse that was leading or close at the 3/4 pole was charted behind horses,

therefore having an exaggerated final quarter. It is not every race but there has been more than one instance.

Aaron Young - Dollar night bust

Yet again, $1 night bust. At about 10pm, I was told "we are out" of dollar sodas and then I over heard a couple of guys ask for

a $1 beer and they were told, wait for it, we are out. After I asked, how could you be out of $1 sodas, I was given a warm can

of Pepsi for $1. WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE? Just a note, the last race went off at 11:20, over an hour patrons could not receive

the ADVERTISED $1 drinks. Third week in a row, you got five to go.

Mike Murphy - Saturday night simulcasts

My wife and I went to the sim

casts last night. Got there at 6:30 went to get a program,"NO PROGRAMS".

ASK WHY THERE

WAS ONLY 15 PATRONS IN THE PLACE AND ONLY A FEW HAD A PROGRAM

SO HOW MANY COULD THEY HAVE HAD?

S THE NIGHT WENT ON THERE WAS A GOOD 75 T0 100 PATRONS. WHAT A SHAME TO GET A GOOD TURNOUT AND NOT HAVE

PROGRAMS!!

lso on

hursday night, they had one person selling $1.00 beer.

ith a large crowd, making all those people

stand in a long line waiting to get a beer when they may have been betting on the races

not good.

hey finally hit on

something to get a good younger crowd here then make them stand in lines.

lso they ran out of beer early, or had a problem

with it.

My wife and I wanted a can beer but you had to go to the back of the $1.00 beer line to get service

onder how much they

could have made!!

However

I noticed three people picking up trash, they should have been dispensing beer!! They have gone

all out on track up keep and that is a good thing. I just wish they would take care of the patrons as well, maybe they would

keep coming!!

Tunedin247

are the judges watching the start of the race? they are above everyone what are they doing up there? why didn't they say

anything to the starter? how i would like to have seen joe costa screaming at the t.v. "recall recall"! do you think he broke his

wine bottle?

Aaron J Young

I have to agree that this was yet another wasted opportunity to draw public interest. And to think we gave up racing days and

purse m

oney this year. Where did that $100,000 go because, it sure isn't being used to help us out. Thanks again KHHA, way

to strengthen the racing program. But hey, we're guaranteed through next year, we'll worry about the rest of our lives later.

Ken Terpenning

Here is a question for everyone...Instant Racing is a machine that acts like a slot machine but with the patron betting on

previously run horse races. With the deal Red Mile, Keeneland, and the KHRC have that only allows the Red Mile to take

wagering on Standardbred and Quarter Horse Racing...will the instant racing machines installed there show Thoroughbred

races?? If so, is that a violation of the agreement??? Food for thought.

henry ottinger

i guess he should of been whipping n slashing so the fine would of been more then purse. he would of soured up his horse we

are talking about a maiden. most judges (not all) got that job because they couldn't make it as a horseman.

Ken Terpenning on Gerald Russell suspension

WOW! So I guess the judges do not think that the poor track management, lack of rule uniformity across the

industry, lack of advertisement and marketing, condition of the track's facilities, comfortableness, grade of

product, location, competition, urine smell throughout a grandstand, bad food and lack of

entertainment/incentive for patrons are the real reasons the tracks are losing business?? (OK SURE, now that

Gerald Russell is out, maybe the purses will go up....since there will be people betting the races.

)

Note to judges and all the other Ostriches in this business with their heads buried in the sand: "By the time

you pull your heads out of the sand it will be too late and the tracks around

you will be an afterthought and

guys like Gerald Russell will NOT be the cause of the tracks disappearance!"

Aaron J Young on Gerald Russell suspension

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Rich Williams, THE BIG RICHARD, free Mr. Russell.

William Pinkston on Gerald Russell suspension

Is 6 months really productive. In Chicago a leading driver was given 7 days for doing this same thing with a 1-9 favorite. The

stewards their gave him 7 days. That make much more sense than 6 months. I think if you've been to any racetrack in

Kentucky lately, you wouldn't say that Gerald Russell is the reason why people don't come out. What a joke. The judges at

Thunder Ridge have lost all respect from the horsemen.

Concerned Owner

Tracks complain they have problems...check this out...nothing like having horses in your barn, feeding them, having vet work

done, shoeing them, training them then having them miss 3 weeks out of 6 entry attempts because there is no classes for

them to race in. Just recently, a track north of Lexington had 56 entries for a FM NW of $1000 last four starts and only wrote 2

races for the entire weekend...do the math 56-20=36 horses left in the barns while the track makes stall rent, the vet gets

paid, the farrier gets paid, the feed man gets paid...everyone gets paid but the owner who has to then tell the trainer, I'm

sorry, but I can't pay you yet since we only raced 3 out of 6 times and had the 8 or 9 hole in all three of those starts and got

only 1 check for $156. Oh and btw, the track borrowed money from the horsemen's purse account to pay the simulcast fees due

and now they don't have the money to pay the people that did race. Do you think there's a problem there? Just wait till the

slots come.

Truman Emerson

I love your latest homer report. It is so true. I remember when your dad told me a long time ago, that the biggest problem

that you would have in the horse business was your IQ. And he wasn't meaning lack of. Keep up the good work little buddy.

You have my support.

Mike Murphy

Slots -

Another State gets the upper hand on Ky. It was reported that opposition to Governor Strickland's Slot proposal in Ohio

has been dropped and the Governor will go ahead and put 2500 vlt at the 7 Ohio tracks. Every state around us is getting ahead

of us. Although its not all bad that we can ship a short distance to race our horses although we will have to breed and support

their programs instead of our own! And of course the Kentucky citizens that want to gamble will also continue to support those

states,what a sad state it is for Ky.

Tunedin247

reat report hom

er see you when you get to lexington. thats is somefunny shit. i give it A++ 4 stars.

Ken Terpenning

I agree Mike. I posted a note to Andy on his Facebook page on a good effort and that I was sorry he did not win. I will add,

however, that he only received 2,738 votes compared to Kerr's 6,805. With all of the horsemen and women in the district, horse

farms and Keeneland, one has to wonder where the support from our industry was, especially knowing how Kerr is against

expanded gaming (because of the social ramifications gaming may bring?? *That's called political BS by the way*)

Mike Murphy (about Dr. Andy Roberts)

I think every horseman owes Andy a compliment on his election bid. He had the guts to try and do something to help our

industry, we need more people to try and make a difference!!

Ken Terpenning (in reference to the recent KHHA newsletter being published on KHHA website)

Bravo Gabe! Bravo!!

Mike Murphy

Loosing It

I can remember the goods ole days at Louisville Downs when they would be playing the "DAILY DOUBLE POKA" and people

would actually be running from the parking lot to make their double bets. The music was a signal they knew what it meant and

they responded. Its a shame that the tracks have forgotten how to promote, wish Bill King was still around! Ky politics are a

shamble they are in session for months and can't do the one thing they were suppose to,make a budget. The govenor should

just go on and implement the lottery slot law and let the chips fall. He ran on a platform to help the industry and has yet to

produce, its time, I doubt the industry can waite another year and would the propects be any better!! Surely if the thorobred

horsemen, the standarbred horsemen, the quarter horsemen and the other horse people got together we could make a

difference, just look at the TEA PARTY PEOPLE, don't you think they are going to make a difference!!

Billy Woodrum

Terry I would like to give you credit on article which I personally think hit nail on head

IT'S a sad shame

that some are not

open minded enough to see the dead end street, and before long that will no longer

exist!!

our article was well rounded,

informative, and very true to us few who still have a passion for this

great state and sport!!

BEST OF LUCK AS YOU CONTINUE THE ONE VOICE WHO IS TRYING VERY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO WAKE UP

AND TAKE A

STAND!!!

Ken Terpenning

Dear Watchdog Committee,

I agree with your article that there comes a time for people to step up and pass judgment on their elected officials as to

whether or not

they are doing the job they brag that they are doing and whether or not what they are doing is in your best

interests. The only flaw I see

in the whole issue is this… we can hold our elected officials responsible for what they do and do

not do, but who holds us accountable

for the same? In other words, it is one thing to say what you are in favor for or talk about

how you would change things, but the bottom

line is what have “We the People” actually done??

We say we want our sport to survive, we say slots is a key to making that happen, even if it is only for a few more years, but

the lack of

the people in the industry actually getting involved is near non-existent. I believe we can count on just a couple of

fingers the number of

rallies we have held in Frankfort. What about attending the KHHA meetings as members and voicing our

opinions? Or Lobbying the

doors of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission?? What about simple things like typing up fliers

and handing them out on the steps of

the Capitol or simply talking to people on the street and having them sign a petition?

Yes, the bulk of the responsibility is on the elected officials to take action, but did our Forefathers and the Colonists sit idly by

and wait

for the British to go away and leave them be? No! They took actions that spurred our elected officials to act, like

dumping boxes of tea

into the Boston Harbor and holding meetings amongst each other to discuss what they could do to spur

change, not to mention rising up

and taking control when the British bullied average citizens around by stripping their lands,

killing their livestock, burning their houses

and raping their women. These events by “We the People” gave way to the birth of

our country and its freedom we enjoy today.

So I ask you, Watchdog Committee and fellow Horsemen and Women…what exactly have we done to help our cause?? (*Cue

the

crickets!*) And, what will we do going forward to force a change for the better of our industry, our lives and our families???

Kenneth W. Terpenning

Friday, February 19, 2010 2:51 PM

name = Tannor Spittler

subject = Bluegrass

comments =

Any info on Bluegrass. I saw the dates but have the postimes been set yet? Thanks

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 12:54 PM

name = Jerry

subject = cheap horses

comments =

Hey first up, Who wants to watch ole shep race week after week. Get some good horses and draw a crowd

Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:05 PM

name = Debbie

subject = Ky Tracks

comments =

RIP for all Ky Race Tracks. It is a shame that these people are so blind. Why can't they let the people vote for the gaming in

Ky. I

thought we, as taxpayers and citizens, had the right to be heard! But I guess not. Well Ky will not be known as The

Bluegrass State or

their beautiful Horse Farms, anymore.