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Underwood to Step Down from KHRC Post

Underwood to Step Down from KHRC Post

Lisa Underwood said Oct. 24 she will step down as executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to take a job with Wyatt, Tarrant, and Combs, a law firm for which she had worked previously.

 Monday, October 24, 2011

Retired Blacksmith Combs Dead

Herman Wesley Combs, a blacksmith for a number of prominent horsemen in the 1950s to the 1990s, died in Miami Feb. 10.

 Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Lexington Insurance Agent Bill Carl Dead

Bill Carl, who owned Old Colony Insurance in Lexington, died the afternoon of Jan. 12.

 Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Lucky Lucky Lucky, Top Racemare From the 1980s, Dead

Lucky Lucky Lucky, a grade I winner who set a Keeneland January sale record, was euthanized Aug. 25 because of complications from the infirmities of old age.

 Thursday, August 25, 2005

Harry Schmidt Jr., Retired Manager of Spendthrift Farm, Dies

Harry Schmidt Jr., the 1985 Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year and longtime broodmare manager at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, died Tuesday in a Lexington hospital.

 Thursday, February 10, 2005

Daniel Swigert Combs II, Leslie Combs II's Grandson, Dead

Daniel Swigert Combs II, whose grandfather, Leslie Combs II, founded Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, died Feb. 27 in his sleep at his Fort Myers, Fla., home.

 Friday, March 05, 2004

Former Spendthrift Chief Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

Brownell Combs, the former head of Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, has pleaded guilty to federal income tax fraud, the Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.

 Friday, August 17, 2001