Samantha Lederman
Equine ReporterListeners might remember Lederman and her English accent from when she was a morning news anchor on WUKY from 1999 to 2001.
Lederman produces multi-platform horse-related news and feature stories. She also serves as a substitute host for the station’s local broadcasts of NPR’s "All Things Considered."
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It’s a once in a lifetime event that took place at a popular Lexington establishment for the second time on Wednesday. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman has the details.
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The Kentucky Derby is known as the most exciting two minutes in sport, but it's days, weeks, months and even years in the planning. WUKY Horse Capital reporter Samantha Lederman recently found out more about the Asbury University Equine Studies program which trains the police horses that will patrol Churchill Downs.
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The Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event wrapped up Sunday afternoon, and when US Rider Tamie Smith lifted the trophy there was barely a dry eye in the house. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman has this report.
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Traditional fox hunting scenes - the pack of hounds running across fields, riders in scarlet coats galloping over hedges. Whether in wood paneled libraries or in the great old, English manor houses like Downton Abbey, they signify an old-fashioned, upper class era, a sport of a time long gone by. But as WUKY Horse Capital reporter Samantha Lederman discovered, fox-hunting still takes place all over the world. There are three different hunt clubs in Kentucky and she recently spent a day with Spencer Allen, the huntsman of the Long Run Woodford to find out more.
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The Kentucky Wildcats’ final home game of the season takes place tonight in Rupp Arena and that means soon it’ll be March mania time once again. We don’t often send our equestrian reporter Samantha Lederman to cover basketball, but you may be surprised to learn that she shares a common passion with UK Sophomore forward Daimion Collins and she recently sat down with him (during practice) to find out a little more.
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Established in 1939, the Keeneland Library is a public research/reference library that is one of the world's largest repositories of information related to the Thoroughbred. WUKY Horse Capital reporter Samantha Lederman recently spoke to Library Director Becky Ryder about the library, its latest exhibit and a recent best-selling novel based on a horse called Lexington.
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A new exhibit celebrating Black Americans' significant and unsung contributions to Thoroughbred Racing opens at the Keeneland Library Thursday and WUKY’s Samantha Lederman paid a visit to find out more.
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Mayor Linda Gorton and ONE Lexington today announced the city will provide first-ever violence prevention grants to 16 public schools in Fayette County. WUKY's Samantha Lederman has details.
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Kentucky - we’re known for our bluegrass and bourbon, and Lexington likes to call itself the Horse Capital of the world, but for many years there’s been a quiet buzz around a certain bear. Come February that buzz is likely to turn into a roar as The Cocaine Bear hits cinema screens near you. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman shopped local to find out more
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In celebration of Breeders' Cup week, WUKY equine reporter Samantha Lederman has this story about how one Kentucky town plans to honor one of horse racing's greatest champions.