On March 13, 2015, the Washington Horse Racing Commission unanimously approved a license request for Emerald Downs Racing LLC, which is owned by the Muckleshoot Tribe, to operate Emerald Downs Racetrack.
  The Tribe has owned the 157-acre property on which Emerald Downs sits since 2004. The Tribe announced last November that it had reached an agreement with Northwest Racing Associates LP to acquire and operate the racetrack. That agreement was finalized with the issuance of the racing license at the horse racing commission's regularly scheduled meeting at Auburn City Hall.
  During his testimony at the meeting Phil Ziegler, President of Emerald Downs Racing LLC, announced agreements with the Northwest Racing Associates management team to remain in place and that former track President Ron Crockett has agreed to serve as a consultant.
  Changes are also being made to enhance the fan experience. A new big screen measuring 45' by 30' will be installed over the tote board to give fans an up-close view of the race from all levels of the track. Construction of the big screen will begin in the coming weeks and will be completed in early summer.
  Upgraded television monitors will also be installed throughout the facility.
  A capacity crowd at the meeting greeted the commission's action and announced incentive enhancements and facility upgrades with sustained applause. The 2015 live racing season, which begins April 18, promises to be one of the best in years. 

Emerald Downs Racing Announces Ship and Run Incentive for 2015

  Ziegler also announced on March 13 a program to encourage runners from outside of Washington. Out-of-state horses will receive a $400 bonus for their initial start at Emerald Downs in 2015.
 The new Emerald Downs Ship and Run Incentive Program is for horses whose most recent start was outside the state and have not previously raced at Emerald Downs. In addition, horses must have started for a claiming price of $3,000 or more in each of its three previous starts. First-time starters are not eligible.
  "The Ship and Run Incentive Program is an effort to attract new horses to race at Emerald Downs," said Director of Racing Bret Anderson. "It's a great supplement to our other new incentives." 
  Emerald Downs previously announced that daily purse distribution would increase approximately 20 percent in 2015, along with several other horsemen incentives including an Early-Bird Move-In Bonus, reduced start-up costs and lower fees on both dorm rentals and mechanical hot-walkers. Trainers also have the opportunity to recover up to 100 percent of per stall, per day costs based on a stall efficiency factor and conservation of utilities.
  Additionally, every unplaced starter will receive a $200 participation fee (up from $125) and horses competing in races at 1 1/16 miles or longer will be offered additional purse money.

Emerald Downs Ship and Run Incentive Program 

Rules and Eligibility
 A guaranteed $400 bonus will be paid to any Thoroughbred horse in its initial Emerald Downs race (stakes races included) whose most recent start was made outside the State of Washington and that has not previously started at Emerald Downs.
 Horses must have started for a claiming price of $3,000 or more in all of their three previous starts. First time starters are not eligible to participate in the program.
 The $400 bonus payment for all eligible horses will be deposited directly into the owner's account established with the horsemen's bookkeeper.
  Emerald Downs Racing LLC reserves the right to determine eligibility for qualified starters. Please direct any questions about the program to the Emerald Downs race office.

  Ben's Cat, now nine, was awarded his fourth Maryland Horse of the Year title after four stakes wins and three additional stakes placements out of eight starts in 2014. With his additional $458,350 in earnings, the son of Gibson Thoroughbred Farm's four-time leading Washington sire Parker's Storm Cat has now earned $2,320,990. Unraced at two and three, Ben's Cat's has an impressive 28-6-4 record from 45 lifetime starts.

  Bred and trained by King Leatherbury and raced under the name of Leatherbury's The Jim Stable, the 23-time stakes winner, of which four victories came in Grade 3 events, was also named Maryland's champion older male, sprinter and turf runner last year, giving him 14 champion titles in all, the most in the 63-year history of Maryland championships.

  In 2014 Ben's Cat recorded stakes wins in the $200,000 Parx Dash Handicap (G3) - one of his trio of wins in the Pennsylvania race; $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap - also for the third time; $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint - for another triple; and the $75,000 Mister Diz Stakes - which proved to be his first stakes win in 2010 and which he has now won for the fifth year in a row.

  For the tenth time in his 11 lifetime starts, Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC, Jason Litt, Alex Solis II, Dr. George Todaro and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's 2013 champion two-year-old Shared Belief came home victorious.

  In his latest appearance, the four-year-old bay gelding, carrying 125 pounds, trounced a dozen others to win the $1-milliom Santa Anita Handicap, a Grade 1 race at ten furlongs, by 4 1/4 lengths. Once again partnered by jockey Mike Smith, the son of Candy Ride (Arg)-Common Hope, by Storm Cat, pushed his earnings to $2,932,200 with his 2:00.67 tally.

   It was announced in mid-March that Ken Alhadeff (Elttaes Stables) has retired two-time Washington champion Music of My Soul from racing. The five-year-old stallion will enter stud at El Dorado Farms in Enumclaw for the 2015 breeding season.

  One of 14 Washington and Oregon champions sired by Pacific Northwest leading sire Harbor the Gold, Music of My Soul is one of a trio of champions produced out of 2013 Washington broodmare of the year Julia Rose.

  At two, Music of My Soul finished a head behind future multiple stakes winner Mike Man's Gold in the WTBOA Lads Stakes and then defeated that same runner by 5 1/2 lengths while earning his maiden score in the Dennis Dodge Stakes. He then capped off his first championship year with a victory in the historic Gottstein Futurity.

  At three, the Doris Harwood-trained runner won the Coca-Cola Handicap, finished second by a neck in the Seattle Slew Handicap and ran third in the Jim Beam Stakes. Unraced at four due to an injury, he retires with a record of 3-3-1 from ten starts and earnings of $119,252.

  Music of My Soul is one of eight foals and winners produced out of the unraced Julia Rose, a daughter of stakes winner and successful Washington sire Basket Weave and the stakes-winning Cure the Blues mare Cure My Blue's. His third dam, the Gummo mare Sharili Brown, was both a stakes winner and a multiple stakes producer.

  Julia Rose's first state champion was two-time Washington horse of the year Noosa Beach, who earned five other state titles, accumulated $524,472in earnings and won a dozen stakes, including the 2010 Longacres Mile (G3). Music of My Soul, who was named after a song in the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, a production of Alhadeff Memphis, was her second. The mare's last foal was Noosito, a stakes winner at two who, after taking a trio of Emerald Downs stakes last year, was named 2014 champion Washington-bred sophomore. Noosito, due to continue his successful career this year, has so far earned $158,403.

  In the past 40 years, only five other Washington-bred males, besides full brothers Music of My Soul and Noosa Beach, have earned state championships at two and three. Another of the seven elite athletes was the Elttaes-raced Margo's Gift.

   Music of My Soul will stand the 2015 breeding season for $1,250 live foal, with no booking fee. His 2016 foals will be Northwest Stallion Stakes and Breeders' Cup eligible.

   Mona and Jim Hour's Rachae Leigh, a three-year-old daughter of  Stormin Fever-Striking Scholar, by Smart Strike, who was bred in Washington by Char Clark Thoroughbreds, finished third in an allowance/$40,000 optional claiming (N) race at Golden Gate on March 7. The nose winner of the six-panel race, Deb's Wildcat, by Desert Code, is out of another WTBOA sale alumni, Washington-bred and $143,770 multiple stakes-placed Deb's Royal Flush, a daughter of Demons Begone-Mystery Night, by Knights Choice, who is a half-sister to $318,822 stakes winner Slew of the Night, a Washington-bred son of Slewdledo.

  2014 Washington claimer of the year Touch the Sun won for the 17th time and was reclaimed by former owner Charles Garvey for $10,000 out of the about mile grass race at Turf Paradise on March 1. The now seven-year-old gelding by Bertrando-Sweethrtofsimchi, by General Meeting, who was bred by Dr. Duane and Susan Hopp, has earned $143,567.

  Two daughters of Pulse Ranches' Preachinatthebar, both bred in Washington by Robert F. Pulse, ran one-four in a $20,000 claiming race at Turf Paradise on February 23. Snow Bunny, who is out of the Snowbound mare Snowbound in Rio, won the six-furlong race by 1 1/2 lengths. It was Snow Bunny's second win after breaking her maiden at Emerald Downs last September. Preachinatsagoi had also broken her maiden in the final month of the 2014 Emerald meet before heading to Turf Paradise.

  Can't Get Enough, a four-year-old Washington-bred son of Harbor the Gold-Silver City Lilly, by Tiffany Ice, bred by Bar C Racing Stables Inc., improved his record to 6-3-4 from 17 starts and earnings to $61,050, after winning a mile $16,000-$14,000 claiming race by 3 1/4 lengths at Turf Paradise on March 1.

  Seven-year-old The Grans, a daughter of Good Journey-A Tip of the Coin, by Tossofthecoin, bred in California by Mel and Lori Mellick, improved her record to 3-8-11 after winning an about 7 1/2-furlong turf claiming race at Turf Paradise on March  8. Trained by co-owner Valorie Lund, the dark bay mare has earned $111,103. Lund had a trainer daily double after Solomon won the second race at the Arizona track.

  Three-year-old Arrom Bear won his second race in five starts when the son of Blue Ribbon Farm stallion Nationhood out of Lite Nite, by Conquistador Cielo, won a six-furlong starter allowance at Golden Gate by 4 1/2 lengths for owner Scott Centers and trainer Frank Lucarelli on March 14. Arrom Bear was bred in Washington by four-time leading breeders Rick and Debbie Pabst.

  Diner's Diva, a five-year-old daughter of Dehere-Crafty Diva, by Crafty Prospector, bred in Washington by Jean Welch, improved her record to 7-5-5 from 25 starts after taking a mile $16,000 claiming race over Turf Paradise's grass course on March 16, upping her earnings to $62,364.

  The OTOBA Annual Awards Banquet was held at the World Forestry Center in Portland on March 14, and the results are in: Dr. Rodney Orr's homebred Boyett was named Oregon horse of the year and champion older male runner. Last year the five-year-old gelded son of Sharp Humor out of 2014 Oregon broodmare of the year Bella Cantu, by War Chant, had a record of 2-2-2 from eight starts, which included a second to 2014 Washington horse of the year Stryker Phd in the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3). Boyett earned $143,538 last year for Orr, who was named breeder of the year and was also named  the 2014 Oregon TOBA winner.

  Oakhurst Thoroughbreds' Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Grindstone, who was represented by his second Oregon crop, came away with a trio of state champions. Both of the two- and three-year-old colt or gelding division champions were sired by the 1996 classic winner and were bred by Larry and Gay Welliver. Juvenile Hornfel (out of X Slews Me, by Can't Be Slew), won the Bill Wineberg Stakes and races for the Wellivers. Sophomore Stoney River, who is out of Cant Woman, also a daughter of Can't Be Slew, took his only win of the year in the Oregon His Stakes for owners Rancho Viejo and Hernan Torres. The other Grindstone champion was two-year-old filly Kozzys Kitkat (out of Karlee's Kitten, by Pioneering), who was bred by Patrick Cosgrove and won the Janet Wineberg Stakes by over four lengths for owner Mike Cosgrove.

  Three-year-old Suddenly Adele gave her sire, Bar C Racing Stables' Harbor the Gold - the leading Oregon sire for the sixth consecutive year - his seventh Oregon champion. Bred by Neil Knapp and raced by Rancho Viejo, the filly out of Sudden, by Speed Jaro (Fr), had wired the Oregon Hers Stakes by 11 1/2 lengths.

  Older mare honors went to six-year-old Kenzie Carolina. The daughter of Baquero-Icicle Angel, by La Saboteur, who was bred by Dr. Jack and Margaret "Cookie" Root and raced by Rancho Viejo and Jerry Carmody, had a record of 5-2-2 from 11 starts and earned nearly all of her $42,761 while racing at Emerald Downs last year.

  Male and female fair championships were awarded to: Gilford Holifield's homebred Seattle Diner, a 2008 gelding by Seattle Shamus-Dinner for Sure, by Formal Dinner; and Ray Boucher's Keepherrockin, a 2009 daughter of Nucay-Wind Trail, by Flying Continental, bred by Debora Fergason - who was also named trainer of the year -  and Rolland Fergason.

  People's choice awards were bestowed on Boyett and Kenzie Carolina.

  Also during the evening festivities, lifetime OTOBA memberships were given to Pat Cosgrove and Jeri Johnson.

  The Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is pleased to present Racing Days, an exhibition of photographs by Henry Horenstein, on view April 9-June 13, 2015.
  Horenstein will speak about his work at a lecture during the opening April 9 (tickets $10), and will conduct a workshop, including a shoot at Emerald Downs Saturday-Sunday April 11-12.
  Racing Days presents black and white photographs of the Thoroughbred racetracks across the United States, a project Horenstein started in 1973. The images evoke the atmosphere of the tracks and the myriad of characters, big and small. Horenstein focused on the workouts, the backstretch activity and the track action. He captured everyone from the grooms, clockers and trainers to vendors, jockeys and, above all, the bettors.
  Racing Days, 1976-1986, Horenstein's first monograph, looks at the changing world of Thoroughbred racing through its people, places and, of course, horses. Limited copies will be available for sale at PCNW.
  Henry Horenstein has been a prolific chronicler of popular culture for over thirty years and has authored dozen of books, including some of the most widely-used instructional texts in the photographic field. Horenstein's photographs have been exhibited nationally at the Annenberg Space for Photography and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. He is Professor of Photography at Rhode Island School of Design. Show, his exhibition of burlesque dancers and performers, was featured at PCNW in 2011. 

Workshop at Emerald Downs/PCNW
Saturday and Sunday April 11 and 12, 2015 Fee: $500
Time: Saturday, 7:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m., Sunday 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
This two day workshop will include a field trip to Emerald Downs to shoot in a group setting with Henry Horenstein on early Saturday morning to tour the grounds, including the stables, horse workouts and the backstretch activity.

Henry Horenstein: Racing Days
April 9 - June 13, 2015
Reception and Lecture/Book signing: Thursday, April 9, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Members Preview: 5:00 pm, Lecture: Henry Horenstein 6:30 p.m.
Lecture Tickets: $10, $5 PCNW members
Workshop: Shooting at Emerald Downs with Henry Horenstein, April 11 and 12
Gallery Hours:  Monday 5:00-9:00 p.m, Tuesday-Thursday 12:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Photographic Center NW, 900 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Contact: Ann Pallesen, Gallery Director, apallesen@pcnw.org or  (206) 720.7222 x 11

  An interactive website that showcases some of the cutest animals on the planet. To submit your foal photos or find out more about this site, go to:  http://www.foalphotos.com/ 

  America's Best Racing (ABR) announced on February 26, 2015, the inaugural Equine Art Challenge. Artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to compete for a $400 first prize and the chance for their work to be exhibited at a major racing event in ABR's open-call juried online art competition of works related to horses and horse racing.

   For more information click here.

  On March 5, Jslookovrushoulda, a five-year-old Louisiana-bred son of Grand Appointment owned by Horseplayers Racing Club (HPRC) added a victory in  a five-furlong starter/optional claiming (N) race at Delta Downs. In 25 lifetime starts he has earned $149,170 with a 8-4-3 record, of which $88,500 was added this year.

  Seven-year-old California-bred gelding Slammer Time is also a two-time 2015 winner for HPRC, along with trainer Jeff Bonde and partner John Cavalli, after the gelded son of Grand Slam won a 1 1/16-mile claiming race at Golden Gate on February 21. The former stakes winner had earned $144,913 lifetime.

  On March 14, four-year-old Forest Chatter, a Kentucky-bred son of Dixie Chatter-Wild Forest, by Forest Wildcat, bred by the late Herman Sarkowsky and raced by his longtime partners Martin and Pam Wygod, took an allowance/$20,000 optional claiming (N) race at Santa Anita. In five lifetime starts he has a  3-1-0 record and has earned $118,900.

  2007 Washington champion older distaffer Gemstone Rush, a daughter of Wild Rush, was represented by her second winner and starter from four foals of racing age, when three-year-old Ted Oliver won a mile $12,500 maiden claiming race at Golden Gate on February 22. The $183,450 stakes winner also has 2013 and 2014 foals by Ted Oliver's sire Tannersmyman.

  El Dorado Farms LLC's stallion Abraaj was represented by another winner from his first crop of eight when four-year-old British Columbia-bred filly Atac M April went gate-to-wire to take a maiden/$30,000 optional claiming (N) race at Turf Paradise at Turf Paradise on February 22.

  REV Racing's maiden three-year-old Our Brother B.A., a gelded son of Brother Derek, ran third to Why Two and Ride Hard Kowboy in the $75,000 Turf Paradise Derby run on February 21. The Kentucky-bred Our Brother B. A., who is trained by Frank Lucarelli, has four seconds and two thirds from eight starts.

  Al and Saundra Kirkwood's stakes winner Boozer, a five-year-old gelding by Unusual Heat, dead-heated for third with Spirit Rules in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-bred runners run at Santa Anita on February 21, Boozer has a record of 5-3-3 from 15 starts and has earned $354,242.

  Dr. George Todaro and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer had two Golden Gate allowance winners in late February. On February 20, three-year-old Global Harbor, a California-bred son of Globalize, won a six-furlong allowance/$40,000 optional claiming race (N). The following  day, Todaro and Hollendorfer's stakes winner and by Grade 3-placed G. G. Ryder, a four-year-old California-bred colt from the first crop of Emerald Downs stakes winner Chhaya Dance, took a 1 1/16-mile allowance by four lengths. He has earned $246,534 in 16 starts with a record of 8-2-1.

  Richard and Sharon Pasko's homebred filly Council Bet, a three-year-old California-bred filly by Council Member out of the Paskos' two-time Washington stakes winner Timely Bet, by Just the Time, won an about 7 1/2-furlong maiden/$30,000 optional claiming race (N) over the grass at Turf Paradise on February 21. The Charlie Essex-trained distaffer drew clear to win by 5 1/4 lengths.

  Rozamund Barclay's Estellara, a three-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Henrythenavigator, won a six-furlong maiden special weight by five lengths at Golden Gate on March 1.

   Five-year-old Florida-bred Wild Dude added $150,000 to his record after winning the $250,000 San Carlos Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita on March 7. The son of Wildcat Heir is out of Courtly Charm, one of five other winners and two additional stakes-placed runners out of Washington-bred stakes winner I'maknightschoice, a daughter of Knights Choice bred by the late Jerry and Carol Many.

  Three-year-old Herecomesakat won her debut, a maiden $50,000 claiming race at Santa Anita on February 8. The daughter of Street Sense is the third winner out of 2004 Washington champion three-year-old filly Grinch, by Salt Lake, whose Whoville has earned $177,380 and Battled has earned $141,060.

  Hail to the Nile, a four-year-old Louisiana-bred gelding by Pioneerof the Nile out of 2005 Washington broodmare of the year Takeaway - dam of Washington champions No Giveaway and Youcan'ttakeme - went over the $100,000 mark with his third win, a statebred turf allowance/optional claiming race at Fair Grounds on March 1.

  The March 2015 issue of Canadian Thoroughbred's cover photo and related article "Unraveling the Mysterious Disappearance of the Dam of Lexie Lou" features Oneexcesivenite - whose dam is two-time Washington champion Favored One - and the successful hunt by Sherry McLean to find the mare after she had been sold privately in 2012, with the dispersal of Paradox Farm Inc., bloodstock when future Queens Plate/Woodbine Oaks winner Lexie Lou was a yearling.

  The female line of Washington broodmare of the year and Reines-des-Chance Beadah produced yet another graded/group stakes winner when Almoonqith, a five-year-old son of Dynaformer, took the $200,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy Empowered by IPIC (G3) at Meydan on February 28.  The $725,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate won the 2,810-meter turf race by 1 1/2 lengths to improve his record to 4-3-1 from 15 outings and earnings to $207,174. Almoonqith is out of Bohemian Lady, a $423,231 graded stakes-winning daughter of Carson City. The Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashide Al Maktoum-owned runner's third dam is stakes winner Whow, a daughter of Spectacular Bid and 1968 Washington horse of the year Hooplah - who is a Beadah daughter. The Beadah family was represented by another new stakes winner on March 15 at Aqueduct when Noble and a Beauty, a three-year-old daughter of Noble Causeway, won the $100,000 Cicada Stakes by eight lengths. Her dam, stakes-placed Oveandabeauty, is a half-sister to Grade 1 stakes winner and 2014 leading sire Tapit. Her second dam, stakes winner Tap Your Shoes, is a half-sister to sprint champion and sire Rubiano; and her third dam, Ruby Slippers, is a half-sister to Grade 3 stakes winner and sire Glitterman. With stakes winners in every generation, Beadah is the fourth dam of Ruby Slippers.

  Sakura Gospel (Jpn), a seven-year-old son of Sakura President, won the 1,200-meter Yukan Fuji Sho Ocean Stakes (G3) over Nakayama's turf course on March 7. The eight-race winner of over $335,000 is out of the Cure the Blues mare Sakura Blues, a half-sister to graded stakes winners Slew Gin Fizz and Igotrhythm, whose dam is a half-sister to the late successful Washington sire Katowice.

  Author Deb Bennett, Phd - who had written two earlier articles on the prominent early horses in Thoroughbred history in the January and February 2015 issues of Equus - has penned an article on the influence of the great Eclipse (foaled in 1764) in her April column of the same magazine titled "Eclipse On Top."

The Jockey Club Purchases Majority Ownership Stake in The Blood-Horse

  The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced on February 27, 2015, that The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. has purchased a majority ownership interest in The Blood-Horse magazine. The purchase also includes related digital and custom printing properties of The Blood-Horse, the Stallion Register and The Blood-Horse's 50 percent interest in TrueNicks LLC.

  The announcement was made jointly by Ogden Mills Phipps, chairman of The Jockey Club, and Peter S. Willmott, chairman of TOBA.

  "The Jockey Club stewards believe that a publication with the history, influence and brand recognition of The Blood-Horse is a considerable asset for the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry and that there are certain synergies that will make it an even stronger entity as a result of this transaction," said Phipps.

  "TOBA and its predecessor breeders' organization have been the sole owner of The Blood-Horse since 1935," said Willmott. "With the considerable changes underway in the publishing industry, it is our strong feeling that a partnership with The Jockey Club in ownership of The Blood-Horse will enhance The Blood-Horse's ability to serve its customers, especially on digital platforms."

  Simultaneously with the closing, The Blood-Horse announced the appointment of John K. Keitt Jr. as chief executive officer and publisher. Keitt has served as a senior executive, corporate attorney and consultant with broad experience in the media and technology areas. He was the senior vice president of Global Business for The Associated Press in New York City from 2003-2006, and he has also been a business and legal advisor to a wide range of Thoroughbred industry organizations since 1986.

  Keitt became based at The Blood-Horse offices in Lexington on February 27.

  "The Blood-Horse will continue to cover the issues, events and personalities in our industry in a journalistically sound manner going forward," Phipps said. "The Jockey Club and its affiliated companies have many longstanding business and editorial relationships with other media organizations in this industry, and we will strive to maintain and enhance those relationships. We are pleased to welcome aboard John Keitt as The Blood-Horse's new business leader."

  The purchase is effective immediately and financial details related to the transaction will not be disclosed. The transaction does not include ownership of The Horse, which will remain with TOBA and operate separately. Marla Bickel, the CEO and publisher of Blood-Horse Publications, will transition into a role as CEO and publisher of The Horse.

  The Jockey Club and TOBA have collaborated on numerous Thoroughbred industry initiatives through the years. The most recent example is OwnerView, an owner development resource that was created in 2012 and is managed jointly by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. and TOBA.

2015 Fact Book, State Fact Books Available on The Jockey Club Website

  The Jockey Club announced on March 2 that the 2015 edition of the Fact Book is available in the Resources section of its website at jockeyclub.com.

  The online Fact Book is a statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing and auction sales in North America. It also features a directory of state, national and international organizations.

  Links to the Breeding Statistics report that is released by The Jockey Club each September and the Report of Mares Bred information that is published by The Jockey Club each October can be found in the Breeding section of the Fact Book.

 The 2015 editions of State Fact Books, which feature detailed breeding, racing and auction sales information specific to numerous states and Canadian provinces, are also available on The Jockey Club website. The State Fact Books are updated monthly.

Dennis "Denny" Robert Keogh

  Denny Keogh, 62, passed away in Spokane on February 16, 2015, due to complications from a series of strokes.

  He was born in Seattle on February 9, 1953. He attended Sacred Heart Grade School, Gonzaga Preparatory School and the University of Washington.

  He was employed by Kaman Bearing, a bearing and gear business, for more than 20 years. While employed at Kaman, he worked a second job at Playfair Race Course, starting out working with the horses on the backstretch before moving to the frontside where he managed the mezzanine ticket windows until the track closed in 2001.

  He later opened Northwest Power Transmission, a wholesale distributor for bearings, gears and sprockets. As a second job, he worked music and sporting events - two of his passions - for Crowd Management Services.

  He loved hockey, football and reading and had traveled worldwide.

  Denny was preceded in death by his father, Robert Joseph Keogh; and youngest brother, Joseph Edward Keogh. He is survived by his son, Jason Robert Voss; mother, Mary Maxine "Max" Keogh; sisters, Dr. Mary Ann Keogh-Hoss, Margaret "Peggy" Jean Cooper, Colleen Marie Keogh and Maureen "Moe" Rose Keogh; and brother, Thomas Charles Keogh.