Mr. Elliston has been president and CEO of Turfway Park since June 1999, shortly after the track was purchased by Keeneland Association, Harrah's Entertainment, and GTECH Corporation. An avid horse racing enthusiast his entire adult life, Mr.
Mr. Elliston has been president and CEO of Turfway Park since June 1999, shortly after the track was purchased by Keeneland Association, Harrah's Entertainment, and GTECH Corporation. An avid horse racing enthusiast his entire adult life, Mr.
The son of a trainer, Dale Romans grew up around horse racing at Churchill Downs. At age eighteen he embarked on a career as a trainer, getting his first winner on February 15, 1987 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky.
Mr. Engelhardt is the President of the Turf Publicists of America, and also currently the Publicity Director at River Downs. As last year, John and Ed will again go over all the Breeders' Cup card for both days.
Mr. Mcgee covers the Kentucky and Florida circuits for the Daily Racing Form. This week Mr. Mcgee will be talking about the closing of Keeneland, the opening of Churchill Downs, and the Breeders' Cup.
Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset.
British-born Roger Attfield has made a name for himself as a first-rate trainer, based at Woodbine in Toronto. He has won an unprecedented six Sovereign Awards as Canada’s leading trainer, most recently in 2002.
Ben Huffman, the Racing Secretary at Keeneland, will cover the final big weekend of stakes racing heading into the Breeders' Cup, and will cover the entire meet as well.
Chad Brown, a Mechanicville, NY native, got into horses early at an upstate New York track. He was an understudy to Hall of Fame trainer Robert Frankel. In November 2007, Brown went out on his own.
Mr. Forbeck is Marketing Coordinator at Santa Anita, and Director of Communications and Marketing at Turfway Park. He has qualified for the NTRA finals in Vegas this year. Mr.
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