LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 07: Rich Strike with Sonny Leon up wins the 148th running of the Kentucky … [+] Derby at Churchill Downs on May 07, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jamie...
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Why 2022 Has Become The Kentucky Derby Of Investing
Ashley Mailloux 1/ST Racing 1/ST Racing In the race to investment success, you can learn a lot from the Sport of Kings Today’s Kentucky Derby, horse racing’s most well-known event, is an unmistakable ...
Kentucky Derby owner Churchill Downs doubles down on horse race betting
Churchill Downs, which owns the Kentucky Derby, is changing its strategy when it comes to sports wagering. The company is doubling down on horse race betting and moving away from online sports betting...
Kansas City Chiefs Fifth-Round Pick Darian Kinnard May Start At Right Tackle
Kentucky offensive tackle Darian Kinnard is shown during warm ups before a game against Vanderbilt … [+] on Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/John Amis) ASSOCIATED PRESS In the 2022 NFL Draft, the Kansas...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Restrictive Kentucky Abortion Law
Topline A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a restrictive new Kentucky abortion law that effectively banned the state’s only two clinics from offering the procedure, a week after the law m...
Kevin Costner explains his road trip travel app HearHere
Kevin Costner knows a good story when he hears one. That’s why he said he was intrigued when he heard about an app designed to alert travelers of notable, yet often unnoticed, places of interest...
States Continue To Take Steps Toward Income Tax Elimination
Mississippi capitol in Jackson getty Aside from death and taxes, the third certainty in life, at least in 2022, is that states are going to enact income tax relief. That was predicted in this space se...
SMU Is Hiring Georgia State’s Rob Lanier
Georgia State Head Coach Rob Lanier shouts to his team during an NCAA college basketball game … [+] against Duke in Durham, N.C., Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown) ASSOCIATED PRESS S...
US Court Fines Kentucky Men $5m for Commodity Futures Pool Fraud
The US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on March 16 delivered a summary judgment order penalizing two Kentucky men, Rodney Phelps and Jason Castenir and their co-founded company, Ma...
Bob Baffert Is Denied A Stay Of His 90-Day Suspension By A Kentucky Circuit Court Judge
Horse trainer Bob Baffert had another legal setback Monday in his battle with the Kentucky Horse … [+] Racing Commission. Getty Images Bob Baffert’s ongoing Kentucky legal saga is headed for ano...
Kentucky Bitcoin Miners Want to ‘Digitize Coal’
Deep in the Appalachian mountains in Belfry, Kentucky, construction crews are retrofitting an old coal-washing plant and converting the facility into a Bitcoin mine. Former venture capitalist Warren R...
Woodford Reserve Debuts Its 2022 Kentucky Derby Bottles
Woodford Reserve Woodford Reserve Today Woodford Reserve debuted its 2022 commemorative Derby bottle. The bottle features the artwork on Kentucky native Jaime Corom, who is known for her horse portrai...
Medina Spirit Stripped Of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win And Trainer Bob Baffert Suspended And Fined
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, during happier times, after his horse Authentic won the 2020 … [+] Kentucky Derby. Getty Images In an announcement Monday, Kentucky Horse Racing Commission offi...
Medina Spirit Stripped Of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win And Trainer Suspended
Topline The horse that crossed the finish line first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby has been stripped of its win and its famed trainer has been suspended after an investigation into a failed drug test, th...
Protect Your Muni Bond Portfolio From A Tornado’s Ravages
Tornadoes Rip Through Alabama (Getti) Getty Images I haven’t written about natural disasters affecting municipal bonds since 2019. The recent Kentucky tornados jolted me to pen this. When disasters ha...