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David Blee
David Blee is a principal in Runnymede Farm (Paris, Kentucky) -- the state's oldest continuously run Thoroughbred farm -- which was founded in 1867. He also serves as Managing Director of the Forrestal Group, a Kentucky-headquartered strategic management firm and is a principal in Occidental Throughbreds Management Company. In addition to his service on the KEEP Board of Directors, Mr. Blee serves as Vice Chairman of KEEP's political action committee (KEEP-PAC).
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
