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The board of stewards of The Jockey Club announced today the election of Stuart S. Janney III as chairman and William M. Lear Jr. as vice chairman. Janney succeeds Ogden Mills Phipps, who served as chairman of The Jockey Club from February 10, 1983, until today. Phipps, who resigned that position today, will become chairman […]

John C. Harris, William M. Lear Jr., and Dr. Hiram C. Polk Jr. have been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, filling the expired positions of James C. Brady, William S. Farish, and Richard T. Santulli. Harris has been a member of The Jockey Club since 1988 and was a steward […]

By Ray Paulick In the 46 years since the Breeders’ Sales Company – a co-op established by Central Kentucky breeders — was handed over to Keeneland, the Lexington, Ky., auction house/racetrack has gross receipts of more than $13.5 billion through its sales of weanlings, yearlings, 2-year-olds in training and breeding stock. During that time, the […]