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Ben Walden,
Gracefield Farm
Ben Walden Jr. founded Vinery in 1985 and developed it into a commercial breeding and sales operation prior to selling the business to George Hofmeister in 1998. Walden with wife Elaine, and daughter Hope 7, now own Gracefield, a 300 hundred acre nursery, on the corner of Newtown and Iron Works Pike. The farm, which constitutes land previously owned by Castleton and Walnut Hall Stud, is home to 40 broodmares and their resultant foals are offered as yearlings each year at Keeneland and Fasig Tipton.
To increase awareness of the benefits of Kentucky's horse economy and to promote jobs and economic opportunities for Kentuckians through the Commonwealth's world-class horse industry.
Educate the public and key state constituencies about the benefits the entire horse industry provides to all sectors of Kentucky's economy
- Develop a state grassroots network involving Kentucky's horse economy in all 120 counties
- Build a state coalition of diverse organizations supporting Kentucky's horse economy.
Encourage the development of a pro-jobs and economic opportunities agenda for the Kentucky horse economy to include:
- Increased state advocacy and promotion of the Kentucky horse industry
- Initiatives to stimulate jobs and economic growth through economic incentives and tax reform to solidify Kentucky's horse economy leadership to attract new horse industry interests to the state.
- Expansion of existing state horse economy programs for all breeds such as the Kentucky Breeder's Incentive Program, to encourage ownership of Kentucky-bred horses
- Distribution of fact-based Kentucky horse economy information.
- Team 120: A broad-based grassroots network of horse economy participants in every Kentucky county.
- A state advisory committee consisting of prominent horse industry representatives from all sectors of Kentucky's horse economy.
- A state coalition of organizations with horse economy-related interests including state and local chambers of commerce, rotaries, businesses, labor and trade associations.
Chairman
Brereton Jones
Governor of Kentucky (1991-95)
Airdrie Stud
Vice-Chairman
Bill Casner
Chairman and Co-Founder
WinStar Farm
- Airdrie Stud
- Darby Dan Farm
- Four Star Sales
- Gaines-Gentry
- Gracefield
- Hill 'n' Dale Farm
- Lane's End
- Dr. J. David Richardson
- Runnymede Farm
- Jack Smith III Thoroughbreds
- Taylor Made Farm
- Three Chimneys
- WinStar Farm
- Patrick Neely
- Executive Director
- Gene A. Clabes
- Equine Director
- Jayson Page
- Director of Administrative Support
- Cara Stewart
- Field Director
- Jessica Williams
- Field Representative
- Ed Ashcraft
- Thoroughbred/Quarter Horses
- Craig Bandoroff
- Thoroughbred
- David Blee
- Thoroughbred
- Susan Bunning
- HBPA
- Bill Casner
- Thoroughbred
- Doug Cauthen
- Thoroughbred
- Robert Clay
- Thoroughbred
- Joe Costa
- Standardbreds
- Bob Elliston
- Thoroughbred
- Bill Farish
- Thoroughbred
- Thomas Gaines
- TB sales
- Ken Jackson
- Standardbreds
- Brereton Jones
- Thoroughbred
- Dan Kenny
- TB sales/Hands On Horsemen
- William Landes III
- KTA-KTOB
- John Long
- Multi-breed (USEF)
- Jim Mahan
- KY Farm Bureau
- Jack Murrell
- Natural Gaited Horses
- Nick Nicholson
- Thoroughbred
- Frank Penn
- Thoroughbred
- John Phillips
- Thoroughbred
- Earl Rogers
- TN Walking Horses
- Bennie Sargent
- KY Quarter Horse Assoc/show
- Steve Sexton
- Thoroughbred
- John Sikura
- Thoroughbred
- Jack Smith
- TB sales
- Robert Stewart
- Standardbreds
- Duncan Taylor
- Thoroughbred
- Ben Walden, Jr.
- Thoroughbred
- Richard Wilcke
- KY Quarter Horse Assoc/race
- Misdee Wrigley
- Amer. Saddlebred Horse Assn.
- William Hoskins
- Board Attorney
- Kevin McGuire
- Board Attorney
