An auction of 10 original hand-painted bourbon barrels by Lexington, Ky. artists will raise funds for the Fayette Alliance at The Jockey Bar at 131 Cheapside in downtown Lexington. 'Art, Ales, and Advocacy' is a charitable event hosted by The Jockey on May 10, where the 10 horse racing-themed, hand-painted barrels will be auctioned. The proceeds will benefit the Fayette Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to sustainable and equitable growth in Lexington-Fayette County through advocacy, education, and research. The event is presented by the Lexington Event Company, with support from Alltech Brewing and Longwood Antique Woods, and promises an evening brimming with art, entertainment, and philanthropy.
The 10 barrels will be unveiled at the bar March 15 at 5 p.m. at an event where the artists will be on hand to discuss their work.
TDN cartoonist Remi Bellocq is one of the artists chosen to participate. “Just when I thought I'd drawn or painted on every conceivable surface, an old bourbon barrel found its way to my home studio needing a paint job!” said Bellocq. “I'm very honored to have been selected as one of 10 Lexington-area artists commissioned.”
Tickets for the May 10 event, where the winning bidders will be announced, go live at 4 a.m. Friday, March 15, coinciding with the day of the art unveiling, and may be purchased online here. The barrel auction is a live auction, with no online bidding. Bidders must be present at The Jockey Bar on May 10 to bid.
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A filly from the first crop of Grade I victor Win Win Win brought a sale-topping bid of $1.8 million from bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Amr Zedan, late in Thursday's final session of the OBS March sale. Bred and consigned by the O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud, the bay filly announced her presence at last week's under tack show with a track-record equaling quarter-mile work in :20 1/5. She is out of Unanimity (Union Rags) and from the family of Discreet Cat.
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The Stronach Group has entered into a 'binding commitment' to donate Pimlico Race Course to the state of Maryland, a move that will allow the state to take over operations at the track, the Baltimore Banner reported Thursday afternoon.
According to the report, the transfer could occur as early as this summer, per state officials, with the state taking over racing operations in 2025.
The report says that the transfer will enable the state of Maryland to earmark hundreds of millions of dollars towards modernizing the track as well as the construction of a new training center at a location yet to be determined. On Thursday, a bill was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly that would pave the way for the construction and for the state to run racing in the state on a daily basis.
“This is a new day … We get to bet on ourselves. We're going to control our own destiny,” said Baltimore attorney Greg Cross, who heads a state authority that came up with the plan and negotiated the deal with The Stronach Group, told the Banner.
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