KEMI Honored with W.T. Young Humanitarian Award
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The Kentucky Equine Management Internship (KEMI) received the 2016 William T. Young Humanitarian Award at the annual Kentucky-Bred Champions Awards Luncheon held on April 21 at Keeneland Racecourse. E
Established by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (KTOB) and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA) to recognize people and organizations within the equine industry for their humanitarian efforts, the William T. Young award has been honoring recipients since 2003.
Voted on by the KTA and KTOB Board of Directors, past winners include WinStar Farm, Tracy Farmer, James E. Bassett, Marylou Whitney, Josephine Abercrombie, and other notable people and entities in the Thoroughbred industry.
"On behalf of all the 800-plus KEMI graduates and our Board of Directors, I am so very pleased that the KTOB has recognized KEMI with this award," said Leslie Janecka, Coordinator of the KEMI program. With KEMI since 2001, Leslie has expanded the program so that each class now includes approximately 30 interns (60 interns per year); more than 25 Thoroughbred farms host a KEMI intern each year.
"The next generation of well-trained, informed and motivated bloodstock professionals need to come from somewhere, and the KEMI program has ensured we have that source," explains Chauncey Morris, Executive Director of the KTA/KTOB, about the KEMI program.
KEMI received the award in conjunction with Godolphin Flying Start, a two-year, international program that focuses on management and leadership training for the Thoroughbred industry.