DARRELL HAIRE, JOCKEYS’ GUILD INTERIM PRESIDENT

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
(859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com

DARRELL HAIRE, JOCKEYS’ GUILD INTERIM PRESIDENT, TO BE
FRIDAY’S GUEST ON BLOODHORSE.COM’S “TALKIN’ HORSES”

Lexington, KY —Join Jockeys’ Guild interim president Darrell Haire for a lively discussion of the vital issues facing the Jockeys’ Guild as it regroups and sets a new course for its embattled membership. Haire recently replaced ousted former president L. Wayne Gertmenian after a Congressional investigation into the health and welfare issues facing jockeys and Gertmenian’s leadership of the Guild. Haire will be the guest for the Friday, January 6th edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” sponsored by HorseHats.com beginning at 11:00 Noon ET (8:00 a.m. PT); online at www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

A member representative with the Jockeys’ Guild since 2000, Haire enjoyed 15 years of success as a professional jockey before retiring to pursue a second career as a securities dealer and investment broker. Known simply to friends and fans alike as “D”, Haire was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to a large Irish-Italian family and raised in New England, where he began his riding career in 1973 at Naragansette Park.

How to participate/ask questions:
Questions for Darrell Haire can be submitted in advance now or during the live online discussion by going to www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. The same Internet address will also carry bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” web cast live. Bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” offers an entertaining and engaging opportunity for racing enthusiasts to talk online “one to one” with high-profile “insiders,” newsmakers and legends of the Thoroughbred industry.

Racing enthusiasts are invited to join in the discussion or simply enjoy and monitor the informative “Q&A” session as it occurs by visiting http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses at 11:00 A.M. ET on Friday. Each edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” is also archived and available 24/7 for later reading.

For more information, visit: www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

About bloodhorse.com:

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For more information, contact:
Robert Bolson
Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
Tel.: (859) 276-6809
rbolson@bloodhorse.com

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