It's bad enough Hawkesbury has a stand alone Saturday next year.

Our staff needs raises; we need roads, parks, all the things that this money can provide.

Tim Conway is one of the best-loved comedians in the country. The combination of great comedy with an exciting sport for a worthy cause will be a guaranteed hit with our audience that night.

From our perspective, it's going to be great the U.S. team is not going to have to fly all the way across the ocean to participate. We get kind of a free pass this time.

You run the risk of losing black-type races, and if you ask any club they will tell you how hard it is to get those races.

It is like having the wind knocked out of you. It has hit my guys hard.

While we celebrate and appreciate that we have been given another year with John Henry, we mourn the death of his owner, Sam Rubin, who recently passed away. John Henry has been one of the greatest gifts ever given to the Kentucky Horse Park , and we count our blessings that he is still with us to enjoy another birthday.