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Tax Breaks to Bring a World-Class Horse-Racing Drug-Testing Lab to Lexington

By Knox van Nagell | December 11th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

“Equine drug-testing lab gets incentives to come to Lexington”

Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted Dec. 11, 2009
By Janet Patton, jpatton1@herald-leader.com

A British company got approval on Thursday for a $425,000 forgivable loan and $800,000 in tax breaks to bring a world-class horse-racing drug-testing lab to Lexington.

Fordham, England-based HFL Sport Science Inc. proposes to invest about $4.2 million, including the state incentives. The loan would pay for about half the cost of equipping the lab… Read more at Kentucky.com

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