April 6 - 12, 2008 Week in Pictures
April 13, 2008
In This Week in Pictures, much of the action moved outdoors as temperatures rose. There was baseball at Applebee’s Park and schools, pick-up basketball, Keeneland, a visit from Tibetan monks, a teenager’s life story with down syndrome, the Beaux Arts Ball and a bed race downtown in “honor” of Lexington’s most famous madam, Belle Brezing.
Video: Monba takes Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland
April 13, 2008
Monba wins the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
April 12, 2008
Todd Pletcher appears to have himself a Derby horse (or two) after Monba and Cowboy Cal take the exacta in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on a chilly April 12, 2008.
A Symbol of Impermanence
April 11, 2008
Tibetan monks dismantled the sand mandala they created for more than five days in a symbol of impermanence, then poured what remained of the sand into a creek below Anglin Falls in Rockcastle County. Read more
A Contribution to Society
April 10, 2008
Julia Steinman, 17, was diagnosed with down syndrome at birth. “My desire is for her to be independent and contribute to society,” says Meg Steinman, Julia’s mother. The doctors told Julia’s parents she would not develop and be a contributing member of society. Julia is proving those doctors wrong. Read more
