TAA, KEMI Named Beneficiaries of KTFMC Golf Scramble

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) and Kentucky Equine Management Internship (KEMI) will again be the beneficiary of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club (KTFMC) Challenge Cup Golf Scramble at the University Club of Kentucky. The 30th annual event will be held June 28. Check-in will begin at 11 a.m. and shotgun start at 12 p.m.

Team entries sold out June 7. There will be a first, second, and third place team winner for both courses and an overall champion team decided by a one-hole playoff between the first-place team from each course. Lunch will be provided, and a barbecue dinner will follow the golf scramble.

“It's going to be another great turnout at the Challenge Cup Golf Scramble,” said KTFMC President and Taylor Made Vice President of Boarding & General Farm Manager, Logan Payne. “We're thrilled to welcome the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and Kentucky Equine Management Internship once again as our beneficiaries. Join us for a beautiful day on the links for two important causes.”

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Gemma Blumenshine Recipient of INS Scholarship From Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation

Gemma Blumenshine is the recipient of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation's annual scholarship to the Irish National Stud in conjunction with the Kentucky Equine Management Internship (KEMI), the board announced on Wednesday. Blumenshine's profile and strong work ethic impressed the board as the candidate who was most deserving of the unique experience and opportunity to be a part of the Irish National Stud program in 2022.

Blumenshine, who grew up in Clovis, California, majored in Animal Science and minored in Diary Industries at California Polytechnic State University. She started riding and competing in hunters and equitation from the age of 11 and had already gained experience in training, schooling and lessons. In addition, Blumenshine trains off-track thoroughbreds to jump. She most recently gained more work experience in the thoroughbred industry through her KEMI placement at Castleton Lyons.

Claire Dilger said, “We are so proud of Gemma and excited to see all she will accomplish! Thank you to all our donors, and those who help keep my dad's memory alive.”

Blumenshine said, “I am so lucky to be a part of KEMI and to be recognized with the Gerry Dilger Irish National Stud Scholarship and am so grateful to his family.”

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Charity Auction Features American Pharoah, Zenyatta Items To Benefit KEMI

Through the generosity of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club, the Kentucky Equine Management Internship is auctioning five halters and one horseshoe plaque to benefit its program.

The items include halters worn by American Pharoah (donated by Coolmore/Ashford Stud), Zenyatta (donated by Lane's End Farm), Hard Spun (donated by Godolphin/Darley America), Serengeti Empress (donated by Taylor Made Farm), New Money Honey (donated by e5 Racing Thoroughbreds) and a plaque of a shoe worn by War Front (donated by Claiborne Farm).

All proceeds benefit the KEMI program, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving opportunities for students wishing to pursue a career in equine management. KEMI works with students currently enrolled at a sponsoring college or university or with recent graduates of those institutions. Their internships provide students with opportunities to combine their academic work with hands-on experience at central Kentucky farms

The items are being auctioned off on eBay. The auction ends July 3, 2021 at 3 pm. Find the auctions here.

For more information about the KEMI program, check out their website at www.kemi.org.

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‘I Don’t Have The Right Words To Describe It’: Jockey Alice Beckman Celebrates First Winner At Turfway Park

In her first race as a licensed jockey on March 20 at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., Alice Beckman finished second by a half-length. Back in the irons five days later, the end result saw the exact same margin between the first and second-place finishers: a half-length. This time, however, Beckman came out on the winning side of the wire.

“Going into it I thought the horse had a chance, so I tried to mentally prepare myself,” Beckman explained. “But you just can't prepare yourself for that feeling. It was so fun, and I don't have the right words to describe it, really.”

Both horses, Crown the Prince (1st on March 25) and So Caught Up In U (2nd on March 20), are trained by Beckman's boyfriend of the past several years, Keith Kinmon. The two-person team operates a training, breaking, and breeding business about 45 minutes away from Turfway in Northern Kentucky, doing all the work themselves on anywhere from 20 to 30 horses at a time.

“He's been so supportive of me wanting to ride races,” said Beckman, 28.

Beckman acknowledges that she's a bit later to the game of race-riding than most of her peers, despite growing up around horses in Ohio.

“It's always kind of been in the back of my mind, that I want to be a jockey,” she said. “I remember in kindergarten, the teacher had us write down what we wanted to be when we grew up. I wrote down three choices: a trick rider in the circus, a cowgirl, or a jockey. 

“I'd always been drawn to the racetrack, so when my college plans to go to vet school weren't really working out like I'd hoped, I made a new plan. My advisor was so great, he asked me, 'Taking away all the expectations of others, what's your dream job? What do you want to do every day?' The answer was simple: be a jockey.”

That advisor got Beckman into the Kentucky Equine Management Internship Program, and she spent several years working for Juddmonte Farm before heading to Payson Park in Florida to work with young racehorses. She loved the high-paced atmosphere of the racetrack, and so when she moved home to Ohio, Beckman started freelance exercising full time.

Beckman met Kinmon at Belterra Park in Cincinnati when he asked her to gallop a few horses one day. They've been inseparable ever since, working overtime to take care of their eight horses at Turfway and another 15-20 at the farm. Beckman couldn't have been more thrilled that her first win as a jockey came on a horse he both owns and trains.

“Have owned a few racehorses myself, it's always fun to be in the winner's circle,” said Beckman. “But when it was him and me in there, and I was on top of the horse, it was a whole different level.”

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