Israel

The niece of Dan Rosenberg, who served Three Chimneys Farm in a variety of roles for three decades, and her husband were among those killed by Hamas in their attacks on Israel, according to a story from NBC affiliate WLEX TV in Lexington. Deborah Matias and her husband Shlomi died shielding their 16-year-old son Rotem, who survived after Hamas fighters stormed their apartment. "There is not a single Israeli who doesn't know somebody personally who has been killed," Israeli-born Rosenberg told reporter Leigh Searcy. "Imagine if every single American knew...

When trainer Gedaliah Goodman sent out Catch That Party (More Than Ready) to a sixth-place finish in a Jan. 30 allowance/optional claimer at Gulfstream Park, it was his first starter in nine years. He had hoped that since he last ran a horse, the sport had moved on and was ready to accept an Hasidic Jewish horse trainer, one who has the long, flowing beard, wears a yarmulke and sports the long sideburns that are known as peyos. Tzitzit, the fringed corners of a prayer shawl, dangle over his trousers....