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Kentucky HBPA College Day Returns Sunday at Ellis Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 5:50 pm | Back to: Top News
Updated: July 22, 2021 at 5:53 pm
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Kentucky HBPA College Day is back at Ellis Park this Sunday after a COVID-19 forced year hiatus.
Full-time college students can enter a drawing to win an iPad Mini or a $1,000 scholarship after each of Sunday s races.
The Kentucky Horsemen s Benevolent & Protective Association, which represents racehorse owners and trainers at the state s five Thoroughbred tracks, is sponsoring the iPad Mini giveaway and is teaming with Ellis Park for the $1,000 scholarships.
“College Day is an investment in our industry s future,” said Marty Maline, executive director of the Kentucky HBPA. “This is a promotion we re committed to building on. We believe if we can get college students to come to the track for the first time that we ll see them return. These could be our future horse owners, race
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View From The Eighth Pole: Lasix-Free Triple Crown A Step In Right Direction Sponsored by:
The field breaks from the starting gate in the 2021 Belmont Stakes
With so much attention focused on the drug test that could lead to the disqualification of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, there s been barely a peep about how American racing managed to get through a Triple Crown season with all of its participants competing free of race-day furosemide, the anti-bleeding medication better known as Lasix.
It wasn t just the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes that were run Lasix-free. Official qualifying points races for the Derby also were run with a Lasix ban (or, in some cases, if owners and trainers chose to have the diuretic given to their horses, those horses would not qualify for points).
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James McIngvale
James McIngvale, the colorful Houston furniture magnate and horse owner known as Mattress Mack, will make the largest wager in Kentucky Derby history Saturday on unbeaten favorite Essential Quality and he s betting the $2 million or more at Churchill Downs in order to maximize the money that goes toward horsemen s purses.
McIngvale is famous for tying major sporting events into marketing promotions at his Gallery Furniture mega-stores. Customers who spend $3,000 or more on certain mattresses and bed sets in a given time frame get their money back (or 150 percent of what they spent in in-store credit) if the promotion s featured team or in this case, horse wins.