In this May 6, 2020 file photo a statue of Barbaro is silhouetted at the entrance of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The horse industry also has a stake in workers being hired again. Low pay is part of the problem, contends Elisabeth Jensen, the executive vice president of the Kentucky Equine Education Project, an organization that supports the state’s horse industry. To accommodate the number of horses with a limited supply of workers, trainers have to work with fewer horses. Laurie Mays, a project manager at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, is in charge of developing a local workforce for the horse industry.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2020 12:22 UTC