Keeneland Race Course President and Chief Executive Officer Nick Nicholson in the first presenter in the inaugural University of Kentucky Equine Initiative Distinguished Industry Lecture Series. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the University of Kentucky Ag Science Center’s Seay Auditorium on the corner of Limestone and Cooper. The lecture series is open to all UK students, as well as all other students from Kentucky colleges and universities. The general public is also encouraged to attend.

Dan Liebman, editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse magazine, will interview Nicholson. Students and others in the audience will submit questrions. There will be three main areas of discussion: Nicholson’s career path, Keeneland, and the general state of the horse industry.

“We are very pleased to have such an accomplished individual for the inaugural lecture in this series,” said Nancy Cox, associate dean of the College of Agriculture, Ag Experiment Station Director, and administrative leader for the Equine Initiative. “The novel format will provide an informal atmosphere that should engender lively discussion. The informal, question-and-answer format, led by an industry leader in his own right, Dan Liebman, will provide valuable interaction with the audience.”

Scott Smith, College of Agriculture Dean, said, “Inaugurating this series with Nick Nicholson is fitting because of his leadership status in the international Thoroughbred community. Under his leadership Keeneland is recognized as an iconic symbol of the Bluegrass