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Article: HORSE POWER\ IT'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.(News)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2003
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Byline: Feoshia Henderson Post staff reporter
Think Kentucky, think horses, think Derby.
Think again.
The horse industry rules the state's agricultural industry, having passed tobacco in 1999 by generating $920 million in income versus tobacco's $737 million.
It's not all about thoroughbreds, though.
While the Kentucky Derby, the Keeneland thoroughbred sales and Lexington's famous horse farms dominate Kentucky's image as a "horse state," a growing interest in pleasure horses is making an increasing contribution to the state's economy. That contribution is even more pronounced in Northern Kentucky, as horse barns, riding rings ...