Saturday Flirt scored the victory in Race 4. (Courtney Snow/Beyond the Wire)
Kentucky HBPA, Kentucky Downs team to grant $ 100k to TAA, Stabil Recovery and Ky Racing Health & Welfare Fund
Kentucky Downs Release
Franklin, Ky. : The Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (Kentucky HBPA), who represents thoroughbred Rennen horse owners and trainers on the five races of the Commonwealth, collaborated with Kentucky Downs to present $ 100,000 checks on Saturday.
The checks will offer financing to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Stable Recovery and the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund. The Kentucky HBPA and Kentucky Downs both gave $ 50,000 for each of the checks. The Horsemen’s Association and Kentucky Downs gave a check for $ 100,000 to the permanently disabled Jockeys Fund in April in Keeneland during the annual PDJF Telethon on Fanduel TV.
The Kentucky Downs Check presentations were included in Fanduel TV’s report on the controversial deployment on the Saturday program.
“These organizations support the heartbeat of the horse racing industry: our horses and our employees,” said Kentucky HBPA president Dale Romans. “After we worked with Kentucky Downs to donate to the PDJF, our riders were interested in supporting other non-profit organizations in the industry with important roles and reach. Kentucky Downs was in full agreement. It is the right thing to do, and we wanted to do the donations to donate and others donate.
“The TAA helps to ensure that our retired racing horses have healthy and safe houses forever. The Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund helps to pay medical costs for backstretch employees and riders when there is little or no insurance. Given that the majority of the fund comes from my own alcohol issues.
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