Horse Capital

Lexington prides itself on being the Horse Capital of the World and the city is celebrating it's 250th birthday this year. WUKY's Samantha Lederman brings us the details of another big day for another Lexington.

Even if you’re not from Central Kentucky you may be familiar with the University of Kentucky’s basketball Wildcats, or you might have heard that we’re famous for being the Horse Capital of the World. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman recently attended a fund-raiser for the University of Kentucky Eventing Team who are combining the best of both worlds.

The nights are drawing in and the temperatures are finally beginning to dip. If you’re searching for something appropriately cozy, or an original way to spend an evening, Samantha Lederman has a suggestion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The US Department of Veterans affairs reports that more than 78,000 veterans died by suicide between 2005 and 2017, and the numbers have been climbing…