
The Courier-Journal
The Courier-Journal, locally called "The C-J", is the main newspaper for the city of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paper is the 48th largest daily paper in the U.S. and the single largest in Kentucky.
The site of the Deby City Gaming and Hotel used to have live horse racing before Churchill Downs bought the property in 1991, but it was not the kind of racing you may be thinking of. Harness racing, where a horse pulls a driver sitting in a two-wheeled vehicle known as a sulky, was the main attraction at the Louisville Downs, located on Poplar Level Road just south of the Watterson Expressway. Seeing a saddled jockey riding atop a powerful thoroughbred is an annual sight at Churchill Downs, whereas spectators...