Kentucky Senate committee to vote Thursday on bill to protect historical horse racing
John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
Feb. 3—A bipartisan group of state senators on Tuesday filed a bill to protect historical horse racing, a lucrative form of racetrack gambling thrown into legal limbo last September by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Senate Bill 120 is scheduled for a vote Thursday at the Senate Committee on Licensing and Occupations. The committee's chairman, state Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, is also the bill's lead sponsor.
"This effort is about preserving a system of wagering we've known for live racing for decades and historical horse racing for the last ten years," Schickel said in a statement.