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Fast Start For Local Trainers

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HENDERSON, Ky. (July 9, 2016) — Horse owner-breeder Bobby Hunt had wanted to run Betrothal and Runaway Betty on the same day last year at Ellis Park. But the 2-year-old Runaway Betty hadn’t progressed far enough to make her first start.

Making this highly unusual is that Runaway Betty is Betrothal’s only foal.

But instead Hunt, a prominent Lexington equine surgeon, had to settle for mom and daughter winning at Ellis 51 weeks apart. Betrothal, off a four-year layoff at age 8, won last July 18 in a $4,000 claiming race for horses who hadn’t won in a year – a condition for which she qualified with three years spare. Fast forward to Friday’s Ellis card, and the now 3-year-old Runaway Betty won her debut by a head at 10-1 odds in a $38,000 maiden race for Hunt and his brother, Don, who trains the horses.

“She had a tendon injury when she was 4, so I retired her from racing,” Bobby Hunt said of Betrothal. “She was a real nice little race mare. I bred her when she was 6 and had this foal. She was out in the back 40, turned out with the cattle, just turning 8. I felt sorry for her because she was bored, covered in ice when we had the ice storm.

“So I brought her back up and we started riding her, because she was always a pretty mover, and I thought we’d make a show horse out of her. She picked up the bit a little too aggressively for that, so we said, ‘Heck, let’s try to train her some more.’ She kind of went through her paces in training. My goal last year was to run the 2-year-old and her mother on the same day. But Betty wasn’t far enough along and I decided to hold back and run her as a 3-year-old. We just wanted to give Betrothal one last hurrah.”

Betrothal was a won-and-done, going back into retirement and quite happy this go-round running around a field with broodmares. “I’ll breed her next year,” Hunt said. “I just breed them every couple of years. It’s just a golf game to me, a recreational thing.”

Meanwhile, the Hunts have high hopes for Runaway Betty, whom they think ultimately will be a two-turn grass horse.

“She’s very professional, has a real Quarter-Horse mind to her, everyone in the family does,” Bobby Hunt said. “Just very studious, a good solid, strong horse who from Day One knew what she was supposed to do instinctively.”

Fast start for local trainers

Runaway Betty was one of six locally-trained horses to win in the meet’s first three days, with Kelly Ackerman taking Friday’s first race with Ghostly Again ($15 to win). Jerry Greenwell (Emmett’s Dream) and Benjie Larue (Our Adieu) won last Sunday, with John Hancock (Elona) and Don Campbell (Virginia Walls) scoring on the July 2 opening card.

Hancock, a third-generation trainer at Ellis Park, estimates that 70 percent of the horses racing here ship in from other tracks or training centers. He publicly predicted the locals would do well this meet, and then won the very first race.

“The locals, they may not win the money races,” Hancock said. “But if you come in here with some horses with conditions, medium-range horses and cheap maidens, the locals will do more than hold their own. And this number will go up.”

Greenwell, who has been training close to 40 years and is part of a big farming family in the region, has four horses, all of whom he owns. He lives 22 miles away in Union County, Ky., and points toward Ellis every summer. Emmett’s Dream was one of two horses that Greenwell claimed at Churchill Downs in preparation for this meet.

“Winning is a big deal whether you have six horses or one,” he said. “Losing comes pretty frequent and winning doesn’t happen every often. I farmed and then I got to fooling with these horses and I quit farming and rented my farm out. This is home. That’s why I claimed those horses at Churchill, to run here.”

Churchill Downs Racing Club makes road trip

Gary Palmisano, Churchill Downs’ VIP player-services manager, expects between 100 and 150 people to be at Ellis Park to watch the 2-year-old colt Warrior’s Club run for the second time in Sunday’s seventh race. The son of Warrior’s Reward was the first horse to start for the Churchill Downs Racing Club, with 200 people putting up $500 apiece for the experience of having part-ownership in a racehorse.

The Churchill Downs Racing Club is a marketing concept pioneered by Emerald Downs in Washington State. Churchill Downs Inc. executive director of racing Mike Ziegler knew a good idea when he heard it a racing symposium, and the program was instituted at Churchill and its sister track, Arlington Park. Ownership in Warrior’s Club filled up so quickly that a second 2-year-old, the filly Dial Me, was purchased by another 200 people. Both horses were picked out and trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas. The investors do not receive training or expense bills, those paid with their upfront money. Palmisano said a decision on what to do with the horses will be made when the money is close to running out.

Both horses were fifth at Churchill Downs in their first start. Palmisano expects some of the owners in Dial Me to part of the group Sunday.

“Both groups have taken a liking to each other’s horse,” he said. “There’s a ton of camaraderie. So yes, this is the Group 1 horse, but there quite a few of Group 2 folks who will be coming along. And obviously they have spouses and kids and everybody who tags along. We’ll have quite a contingency.”

Palmisano said about two-thirds of the partners are from Kentucky. “But after that, 30 other states are represented, including Hawaii and Maine and a couple of people from Canada,” he said. “Which is pretty cool.”

Warrior’s Club is the tepid 7-2 favorite in the field of nine, but probably will be a shorter prize, judging on how Dial Me and he were bet in their debuts.

“I think we have a pretty big shot,” Palmisano said. “I imagine that if the Brendan Walsh and Steve Asmussen (first-time starters) were really, really live, they would have run the last weekend at Churchill. I’m anticipating those probably being second- or third-stringers. If that’s the case, our horse, with a race under his belt and picking up (the anti-bleeder medication) Lasix for the first time, probably will be tough to beat.”

Geary, Johnsen can resume racing horses at their tracks

One byproduct of the Churchill Downs Racing Club is the fact that Ellis racetrack owner Ron Geary and Kentucky Downs’ co-owner Corey Johnsen can race their horses at their tracks. The past few years, thoroughbred racetrack owners in Kentucky could not run at their tracks, though that did not apply to stock-holders or board of directors at Churchill and Keeneland.

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission executive editor Marc Guilfoil said that Rick Hiles, the trainer who also is president of the Kentucky division of the Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association, asked that the policy – established under a former regulatory regime – be revisited, given that a horse so closely aligned with Churchill Downs ran there.

Guilfoil said he asked the stewards if they had any problem with changing the policy back to let owners run at their tracks, as is common in other states. “They said they didn’t have any problem with it,” he said. “If the stewards had a problem, we wouldn’t do it.”

While Hiles trains for Geary, the Ellis owner said he wasn’t pushing the change. Still, he’s delighted to be able to run again here.

“When I bought Ellis 10 years ago, I had maybe three to six horses in any one year, and I thought it would be fun to race here,” Geary said. “And the first four or five years I did, and it was truly fun. I had some of my better horses then, which made it even better. But apparently the rule changed with what they’re doing at Churchill Downs, so it appears Corey and I will be able to run at our tracks. Quite frankly, I’m very excited about it. I only have two horses, and one is a filly, ($110,462-earner) Northern Connect, that is growing and developing, so I’m excited about her.”

Geary also has Northern Connect’s unraced 4-year-old brother by 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, named Connect A Peg, stabled at Ellis with trainer Wayne French.

Governor Pence Statement on Dallas Shootings

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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today issued the following statement in response to the shootings of 12 police officers in Dallas, Texas, which left five officers dead and others wounded.

“Our condolences and prayers go out to the families of the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the horrific ambush in Dallas last night. This cowardly attack is a national tragedy and the hearts of every Hoosier are in Dallas today.

“This attack on police officers in Dallas is also a heartbreaking reminder of the risks the men and women of our law-enforcement community take every day to protect and serve our communities.

“In the wake of this tragedy, we must be clear that violence and threats against law enforcement officers will never be tolerated and ensure that our police have the training and resources to defend themselves as they defend our communities.

“Our hearts also go out to the families of those who lost their lives in police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier this week.

“As we mourn with those who mourn, now is also a time for Hoosiers to humble ourselves and reflect on how each of us might build bridges of opportunity and hope in struggling communities across our state.

“To heal our land, we must stand with those who protect and serve and continue to reach out with generosity and compassion for those in need.”

Continuous Crime Doctrine Requires Reversal Of 2 Domestic Battery Convictions

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Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianalawyer.com

Because the evidence showed a man’s acts of domestic violence against his now ex-wife constituted a single transaction for purposes of the continuing crime doctrine, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed two of the man’s three convictions.

Ariel Gomez and Maria Chavez were divorcing and a preliminary order stated that Gomez would have temporary possession of “rental property rents” of the three properties the pair owned.  Chavez believed that she was awarded possession of a property on Rochester Avenue in Indianapolis and went to the property June 21, 2015, when she learned Gomez had rented it out. She intended to live there and stopped a woman from moving in. The woman called Gomez and he showed up approximately 10 minutes later. Gomez and Chavez got began arguing and in the course of three minutes, he had grabbed her by the hair and tried to get her out of the house. He pushed her against the wall several times and Chavez had scratches on her arm, her elbow was cut and her knee was bruised.

Gomez was convicted of three counts of Class A misdemeanor domestic battery. He appealed, claiming insufficient evidence to support the convictions and that the convictions violate the continuous crime doctrine.

The appellate judges rejected Gomez’s claim that he had been given the property in the preliminary order and the state did not negate his claim of defense of property. The evidence supports the conclusion that the force Gomez used to try to remove Chavez from the property as unreasonable in light of the urgency of the situation and unreasonable to protect an alleged interest he may have had in the rents from the property, Judge Elaine Brown wrote.

But Gomez did prevail on his continuous crime doctrine claim.

“Based upon the record and considering Chavez’s testimony describing Gomez’s acts while trying to push her out of the house, we conclude that the acts alleged in Counts II, III, and IV were sufficiently compressed in terms of time, place, singleness of purpose, and continuity of action so as to constitute a single transaction for purposes of the continuous crime doctrine,” Brown wrote.

The COA affirmed Count II and reversed counts III and IV, noting that his sentence will not change because he was ordered to serve concurrent sentences.

The case is Ariel Gomez v. State of Indiana,49A02-1511-CR-2000.

Join the Festival Fun by Wendy McNamara

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Dear Friend,

Looking to enjoy a fun summer with the whole family?

Throughout the upcoming months, communities will be hosting many events and festivals. Staying local is not only a good way to save money, but it also helps support our state’s small businesses.

In fact, Indiana welcomes 74 million visitors to the state each year, generating more than $10.7 billion in revenue and providing over 144,200 jobs.

A great place to start planning your next trip is online at VisitIndiana.com, where you can find information on lodging, events, restaurants and even discounts. In addition to the online tools available, free copies of the 2016 Indiana Travel Guide and other travel publications can be ordered at VisitIndiana.com or by calling 800­-677­-9800.

I hope you and your family get to experience all that our great state offers this summer.

Sincerely,

State Rep. Wendy McNamara

Ivy Tech to Hold 12th Annual CRUISE-IN Event

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The public is invited to Ivy Tech Community College’s 12th Annual CRUISE-IN Saturday, July 23, from 4 – 8 p.m. at the main campus, 3501 N. First Avenue, Evansville.

The annual event is free and open to the public, and typically attracts between 200-400 visitors. Food will be for sale, provided by the Ivy Tech Community College Alumni Association.

Attendees can expect to see street rods, trucks, and other unique cars from around the Tri-State. The event is coordinated by students in Ivy Tech’s popular Automotive Technology program and is sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts.

Local companies such as Car Quest, Advanced Auto, Barton Automotive, Duell’s Evansville Hyundai and many more will be in attendance.

 

Ivy Tech CRUISE-IN!

Saturday, July 23

4-8 p.m.

3501 N. First Ave.

(East parking lot-behind the main campus building)

Free and Open to the Public

 

Awards will be presented for Best Domestic Car, Best Import Car, and Best Dyno Run. The CRUISE-IN will also feature live music provided by local favorite The Two Timers, door prizes, and opportunities to see vehicles run on Ivy Tech’s popular Chassis Dynamometer (a large machine that can simulate highway-driving conditions to test horsepower, torque and miles per hour).

 

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The Governor’s Week in Photos

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1) Governor Leads Business Roundtable in Rush County // July 7, 2016. Governor Mike Pence leads a business roundtable with Indiana Economic Development Corporation President Jim Schellinger, Indiana Department of Workforce Development Commissioner Steve Braun and local business leaders at Rush Memorial Hospital in Rush County.

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2) Governor Pence Meets with Law Enforcement and Civil Rights Teams // July 8, 2016. Governor Mike Pence calls a meeting with law enforcement and civil rights executive leaders in the Administration and directs the Indiana Civil Rights Commission and the Indiana State Police to reaffirm and continue their efforts through the Human Rights Offices and other advocacy groups around the state to engage Hoosiers, work toward meaningful solutions to the ails of society and safeguard our communities. Pictured from left to right are Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety John Hill, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter, Indiana Civil Rights Commission Executive Director Rick Hite, Governor Mike Pence, and Special Assistant to the Governor Tony Kirkland.

 

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3) Governor Visits Recruits at IMPD Training Academy // July 8, 2016. Governor Mike Pence visits the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department in Indianapolis to thank each of Recruit Class 13 and law enforcement officers for their service to the community.

 

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4) Governor Pence Speaks Before Annual Convention of The American Legion, Department of Indiana // July 8, 2016. Governor Mike Pence speaks before a crowd of Hoosier veterans at the 98th Annual Convention of The American Legion, Department of Indiana at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis.

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5) Governor Pence Joins Sons of the American Legion to Honor Fallen Law Enforcement Officers // July 8, 2016. Governor Mike Pence offers remarks and takes part in Sons of The American Legion, Indiana Detachment, Laying of the Wreath at the Indiana State Police Memorial and Eternal Flame to honor those troopers and employees of the Indiana State Police who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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