Frosted Departure snapped a nine-race losing streak. The allowance race, Frosted Departure’s first start against older horses, marked a happy homecoming for the 3-year-old gray son of Frosted.

The well-traveled Frosted Departure delivered the most eye-catching score, rolling home by 7 ¼ front-running lengths Dec. McPeek, who has approximately 40 horses on the grounds, already has three victories through the first five days of the 2023-2024 meeting that began Dec. The casinos in West Memphis, Pine Bluff and Hot Springs would not seem to be affected, but toying with the language of an amendment is something that could bring, if not unintended consequences, imitators.Trainer Kenny McPeek is off to a fast start at Oaklawn. Involvement of other casinos in this issue, should it reach the ballot, might prove interesting. Support for the casino deal brought the defeat of several members of the Pope County Quorum Court. Pearson is opposing County Judge Ben Cross, who engineered a nearly $40 million development deal with the Cherokee Nation if the casino is built. The drive to remove Pope County from Amendment 100 continues to gain local and statewide momentum, with supporters including State Senator Breanne Davis, State Representative Joe Cloud, Russellville Mayor Richard Harris, state legislative candidates Rick Harrell and David Howell, county judge candidate Joe Pearson, Pope County Quorum Court and Russellville City Council members, and hundreds of churches and active volunteers across the state.

He said the contribution WILL support paid canvassing,

UPDATE: Stiritz said a financial report will be filed tomorrow with more details. I’ve sought more details Hans Stiritz of Russellville, who’s been distributing information about the campaign. The legislature has added additional obstacles to canvassing, which are currently under challenge in court. The release suggests that the contribution will finance paid petition canvassers, nearly essential for getting some 90,000 signatures necessary to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November. 14, when the group had raised only about $7,300. The amount was not revealed and it didn’t appear on Fair Play’s last report, Jan. “We’re grateful for contributors like Choctaw Nation willing to respect our county’s position and support our effort to remove that mandate.” “I think all of us recognize the challenge faced by a local, grassroots organization in mounting a statewide campaign,” Stiritz observed. In addition to their grassroots advocacy and financial support network, Fair Play has received additional support from Choctaw Nation for gathering signatures.

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