Terrible plane crash in Lexington, Ky

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from bloodhorse:

Comair president Don Bornhorst, speaking at Sunday press conference at Keeneland.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
George Brunacini, who bred 2005 Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner Flower Alley, Central Kentucky horseman Dan Mallory, and trainer Jeff Williams were among the 49 victims of Sunday morning's crash of a commuter jet shortly after takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky.
Brunacini, who operated Bona Terra Farm and also bred grade II winner Victory U.S.A., was confirmed among the flight victims by WLEX-TV.

Mallory, who operated Meadow Haven Farm and was regular consignor to Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland sales, was on the flight, according to Tim Boyce, sales director for Fasig-Tipton Texas. Mallory was en route to the FT Texas sale that will be held Monday and Tuesday.

Mallory served as president of the Kentucky Farm Managers' Club in 1989 and bred several stakes winners alone and in partnership, including graded winners American Spirit and Traces of Gold.

Williams, 49, who was based at the Thoroughbred Center in Lexington but race primarily in Ohio, entered the business through his association with polo ponies and the Dayton Polo Club in Centerville, Ohio, according to John Engelhardt, publicity director at River Downs racetrack. He went on to become an assistant trainer with W.E. "Smiley" Adams in the late '70s and began an association with Ohio's Woodburn Farm through the 1980s. He conditioned 10 stakes winners for Woodburn Farm, including 1985 Ohio 2-year-old champion Astrotot