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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/khopkins_large.jpg'']Kathy Hopkins[/image] Among her duties as Director of Equine Operations at Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park, Kathy Hopkins counts such diverse activities as the planning, organization, management and care of all equine areas and horses at the Park, including the Hall of ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jgallagher_large.jpg'']Jim Gallagher[/image] Nowhere in the country is the current state of Thoroughbred racing more turbulent than in the state of New York. To help sort out the issues and discuss possible outcomes, we welcome Jim Gallagher, the executive director of the New York ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/rwilliams_large.jpg'']Rose Mary Williams[/image] Rose Mary Williams, director of racing at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resortin Chester, West Virginia, has over 30 years of experience in the racing industry. With a career that began in the pari-mutuel department, Williams hand ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/cjohnsen_large.jpg'']Corey Johnsen[/image] On the heels of the recent purchase of majority ownership in Kentucky Downs racetrack by a partnership of Texas investors led by former Lone Star Park president Corey Johnsen and investment banker Ray Reid, Bloodhorse.com is proud to welcome Mr. ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/hpack_large.jpg'']Harvey Pack[/image] If there were a picture next to the word “horseplayer” in the dictionary, odds are it would be the familiar visage of Harvey Pack, the legendary and curmudgeonly face and voice of racing to generations of New York racetrack denizens. One of ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/gavioli_large.jpg'']Greg Avioli[/image] A native of St. Louis, Greg Avioli, 42, is president and chief executive officer of Breeders’ Cup Limited. Under Avioli’s direction, Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has undergone some of the most significant and innovative changes in its 24 year ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/tthornton_large.jpg'']T.D. Thornton[/image] T.D. Thornton is the author of the newly published and highly acclaimed “Not by a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard-Luck Horse Track”. A personal, literary portrait of a year at Suffolk Downs, the book focuses on the behind-the-scenes daily ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jvelazquez_large.jpg'']John Velazquez[/image] A little over a week after he guided Rags to Riches to an historic victory in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), jockey John Velazquez will take questions from racing fans when he is the guest on a special edition of bloodhorse.com’s Talkin’ ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/lraffetto_large.jpg'']Lou Raffetto[/image] Lou Raffetto is in his seventh year managing all aspects of the day-to-day operations as the MJC’s Chief Operating Officer, taking over on January 1, 2001. In February 2006 he was promoted the President. Raffetto earned rave reviews as the ...