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Zayat to Keep Control of Stable

Zayat to Keep Control of Stable

Thoroughbred owner Ahmed Zayat will keep control of his stable for the time being as Fifth Third Bank has decided not to seek a trustee to run Zayat Stables.

 Monday, February 22, 2010

Wall Retiring from Turf Writing Post

Maryjean Wall, a three-time Eclipse Award winner who covers horse racing for the Lexington Herald-Leader, is retirning, the newspaper reported May 31.

 Saturday, May 31, 2008
Paper's Web Site Wins Eclipse Award

Paper's Web Site Wins Eclipse Award

The Web site heraldleaderphoto.com, a subsite of kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald-Leader, won the 2007 media Eclipse Award in the audio/multi-media Internet category for its coverage of last year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Monday, January 07, 2008
John Henry Wins Newsmaker Poll

John Henry Wins Newsmaker Poll

John Henry garnered nearly 4,000 votes in a poll held by www.kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald-Leader, narrowly defeating pastor Jon Weece to win the "Most Intriguing Kentucky Newsmaker of 2007," it was announced Dec. 28.

 Friday, December 28, 2007

Curlin Partners Plead Not Guilty; Face October Trial

William J. Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr., the suspended lawyers and 20% owners of Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Curlin, along with suspended attorney Melbourne Mills Jr. pled not guilty June 21 in U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against more than 400 plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen.

 Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Goins' Photo of Leparoux Wins Eclipse Award

A dramatic photo of apprentice jockey Julien Leparoux hanging over the head of Sanibel Storm during a race at Keeneland has been selected for an Eclipse Award for photographer Matt Goins.

 Thursday, December 28, 2006

Reporter Janet Patton Wins Second Eclipse

Reporter Janet Patton has won the 2005 Media Eclipse Award for writing in the feature or enterprise category for her series of articles in the Lexington Herald-Leader on racetrack workers and compensation. This is the second Eclipse Award for Patton, an equine and agricultural business writer for the Herald-Leader since 1998.

 Friday, January 06, 2006

Private Burial Planned for Young; Died of Apparent Heart Attack

The burial of prominent Thoroughbred owner-breeder William T. Young will be conducted in private, with no visitation planned. Young, who parlayed his business acumen into success with Overbrook Farm, died Monday at age 85.

 Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Herald-Leader Reporter Wins Eclipse Award for Writing

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Wednesday that Janet Patton, a business writer for the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, has won the media Eclipse Award for writing in the news/ commentary category.

 Wednesday, January 02, 2002