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Dan Mearns Passes Away

News — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:10:57 +0000

Dan Mearns, the former managing editor of the Blood-Horse and the Thoroughbred Record, passed away Sunday, January 16 due to complications from Covid-19, according to his brother, Greg, who posed the news on Facebook.

“Dear Friends of Dan,” he wrote on Mearns's Facebook page. “This post is from his brother, Greg. I am heartbroken to report to you that Dan sadly and suddenly left us on Sunday, January 16, 2022 due to complications from Covid. His last communications with family were, `you don't want to get this,' and `make sure you get the booster.' As you all know, Dan was a beautiful soul who made us all smile, and even laugh out loud, at his love of life. I miss him sorely already. Peace.”

Mearns was a larger-than-life character with a big smile and a hearty laugh, who had posted a profile picture of himself on July 8, 2021 on his Facebook page that said, “I got my Covid-19 Vaccine. We can do this.”

His post was quickly filled with comments from fellow co-workers and friends who expressed their sorrow at the loss.

“Greg, I am so very, very sorry to hear this,” posted Eve Hutcherson. “I worked with Dan at the Blood-Horse all those years ago and have so many fond memories of how kind, funny, and talented he was. I can hear him laugh as I write this. Deepest condolences to you and all his family, and thank you for sharing his final communication as encouragement to all to take self-protection seriously. All the best.”

Wrote Amie Kahane Conti, “My deepest condolences to you and all his family. I am beyond grateful to have known Dan for so many years and he was such a kind hearted , true good man. I will so miss him and so saddened.”

According to his Facebook page, Mearns was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and was working at the Charlotte State Bank and Trust at the time of his passing.

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Pat Terry, Thoroughbred Record Publisher, Dies

News — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:37:25 +0000

Sumner Patrick “Pat” Terry, former president of the Thoroughbred Record, died peacefully in Lexington, KY on Dec. 14. He was 78. An attorney by trade after serving five years in the Navy, Terry purchased the Thoroughbred Record in 1980 with partners John Sparkman and Bill DuPont and presided over it until 1988. He was the adopted son of former Domino Stud owner W.B. “Bill” Terry, Sr., and was vice president of Domino for Ken T. Jones after the farm was sold in 1989. An owner of racehorses and mares himself, Terry owned and resided on Poplar Hill Farm in Lexington in the 80s.

Terry is preceded in death by his birth father Harold Harris Denery (1945); mother Frances LaVerne Schnasse Terry (2009); adopted father W.B. “Bill” Terry (2009); and brother William Michael Terry (2018). He is survived by his wife, Barbara; two brothers, Warren (Dianne) and Tim (Flo); his three children, Laura Marie Terry Bruder (Barry Bruder), Kevin Patrick Terry (Michele LaCroix Terry) and Lea Theresa Terry; five grandchildren, Ruby Sidney Bruder, Skyler Frances Bruder, Patrick Benjamin Terry, Amelia Grace Terry and Alexis Rose Terry; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A public visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 30 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 pm at Milward-Man O'War located at 1509 Trent Blvd. A private service and interment will be held for the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts to be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

For more on Terry's life and a link to donate, click here.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: A Publisher’s Retrospective

News — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 02:00:08 +0000

Publisher Ray Paulick has interviewed all sorts on The Friday Show, but this time around, the spotlight is on him.

On this week's episode, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills asks Ray about his beginnings, both in horse racing and covering the sport, which horses inspired him along the way, and what about the sport compelled him to make it a career.

Ray and Joe also discuss how the Thoroughbred industry, and reporting on it, has changed in the three-plus decades since Ray moved to Kentucky.

We then unveil a new and improved Star of the Week segment, in which the hosts look at a notable winner from the previous week at Woodbine.

Watch this week's show, presented by Monmouth Park, below:

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