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Farm Managers to Discuss Breed Incentive Fund

The parameters of the proposed Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders Incentive Program will again be discussed June 7 at the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club meeting in Lexington.

 Friday, May 27, 2005

Kentucky University Makes Horse Industry a Priority

The University of Kentucky has launched an initiative designed to ensure its programs are responsive to the needs of the horse industry in the state.

 Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Kentucky Sets Town Meeting on Incentive Fund

Thoroughbred organizations in Kentucky have scheduled a town hall meeting May 18 to discuss implementation of the new Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders' Incentive Fund, revenue for which will begin to accrue July 1.

 Thursday, April 28, 2005

Procedure for Verifying New York-Breds Altered

The New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund has changed the procedure for verifying New York-bred status.

 Friday, March 18, 2005

Kentucky Horse Industry Gains Legislative Clout

As the 2005 Kentucky General Assembly session nears an end, the horse industry finds itself with a few important benefits--and a sense that it could show a lot of muscle in future legislative endeavors.

 Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Kentucky Breed Incentives Await Signature

A tax modernization plan that includes breed development provisions was approved by the Kentucky House and Senate March 8 and now goes to Gov. Ernie Fletcher for his signature.

 Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Breed Development Incentives Almost Home

A proposal to create breeders' incentive funds and a modification of the tax on yearlings and 2-year-olds was slated for passage March 8 as part Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher's tax modernization and budget package.

 Monday, March 07, 2005

Breed Incentives Intact as Kentucky House OKs Tax Plan

Proposals to create breed development programs and modify a tax on the sale of yearlings and 2-year-olds remained intact when the Kentucky House of Representatives approved Gov. Ernie Fletcher's tax modernization plan Feb. 18.

 Monday, February 21, 2005

KEEP Representatives to Address House Committee

The Kentucky Equine Education Project, which has said it strongly supports provisions in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's tax modernization plan that would in part create breed development programs, will have representatives at a Feb. 10 hearing before the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee.

 Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Kentucky Tax Plan Includes Breed Provisions

A tax modernization plan unveiled by Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher during his "state of the commonwealth" address Tuesday night includes provisions for breed development programs for the horse industry.

 Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Breed Development Plan Gains in Kentucky

Language that would authorize two breed development funds and eliminate a tax on the sale of yearlings and 2-year-olds in Kentucky has been delivered to Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher for possible inclusion in a tax modernization plan that could be unveiled in early February.

 Friday, January 21, 2005

KEEP OKs Marketing Plan, Hires Lobbying Firm

The Kentucky Equine Education Project officially approved plans for a marketing and education blitz for the Bluegrass state this year, and also hired a high-powered lobbying firm to help it achieve its legislative goals.

 Wednesday, January 05, 2005

KEEP Wish List: Tax Breaks, Breed Development

The Kentucky Equine Education Project has fashioned a short list of legislative initiatives that includes tax breaks and a breed development program but not racetrack gaming--at least not yet.

 Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Kentucky Breed Development Program Sought

As the Kentucky breeding industry continues to suggest it's under siege from competition in other states, legislation that would shift millions of dollars in existing tax revenue into a Thoroughbred breed development program looms a good possibility for 2005.

 Wednesday, November 10, 2004

As Competition Grows, Kentucky Seeks Solutions

The protection of and growth in Kentucky's Thoroughbred breeding and racing program was the focal point of the University of Louisville's "State of the Industry" seminar Nov. 2.

 Tuesday, November 02, 2004
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