Workforce Kenny McPeek—the many individuals concerned within the unforgettable 12 months for the coach’s secure—might be honored together with the Bottom Studying Heart, turf author Sean Clancy and broadcaster Laffit Pincay III through the Nationwide Turf Writers and Broadcasters’ sixty fourth Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Del Mar, Calif.
The NTWAB Annual Awards Dinner is the group’s solely fundraiser, and a portion of the proceeds of the occasion will fund Thoroughbred business charities and internships for potential racing journalists. The 2024 NTWAB Awards Dinner might be held at The Brigantine Del Mar, situated only a mile away from Del Mar Racetrack, which can host the Breeders’ Cup Nov. 1-2.
In honoring Workforce Kenny McPeek with the Mr. Fitz Award for typifying the spirit of racing, the NTWAB acknowledges the coach and his employees, train rider Danny Ramsey, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., and the horses’ house owners—whose collective efforts and promotion of the game have created followers and cultivated pleasure in horse racing.
McPeek this 12 months grew to become simply the third coach in historical past to drag off what is named the Oaks-Derby Double when Thorpedo Anna and Mystik Dan received the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. With Mystik Dan a follow-up second within the Preakness and eighth within the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Thorpedo Anna capturing the Acorn Stakes (G1) and Teaching Membership American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga earlier than working second in opposition to males within the Travers Stakes (G1), followers and media had been the beneficiaries of engagement from Workforce Kenny McPeek.
The Bottom Studying Heart, an unbiased non-profit group, supplies assist and sources for the group of racetrack staff and their households at Churchill Downs and surrounding tracks and coaching amenities, making the BLC a becoming recipient of the Joe Palmer Award for meritorious service to racing. The BLC affords entry to schooling and applications for youth and adults that assist well being and well-being; holistic assist by complete case administration and human providers; and a assist system for household empowerment whereas emphasizing tradition and group engagement.
Dailey Menendez teaches a category on the Bottom Studying Heart at Churchill Downs
Clancy is the recipient of the Walter Haight Award for profession excellence in turf writing. A champion steeplechase jockey who launched into a journalism profession after his driving days, Clancy, along with his brother Joe, began Steeplechase Occasions in 1994 and The Saratoga Particular in 2001. He’s a two-time Eclipse Award winner. He received his first in 2009 within the Information/Commentary class for “Life’s Work” in The Blood-Horse concerning the property sale of the late Corridor of Fame coach Sidney Watters Jr. Final 12 months, he was honored for his story “The Worst Take a look at” concerning the deadly breakdown of Maple Leaf Mel within the Take a look at Stakes (G1) that appeared in The Saratoga Particular.
Turf author Sean Clancy
Pincay, the son of one of many best jockeys within the historical past of the game, is the recipient of the Jim McKay Award for broadcast excellence. A part of the HRTV staff from 2002-15, he joined ESPN’s telecast of the 2007 Breeders’ Cup and later grew to become a key a part of protection of the American Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup on NBC. Since 2019, he has labored as a bunch for the FOX/NYRA broadcasts seen each day throughout all of New York’s conferences, together with Belmont and Saratoga, in addition to protection of Oaklawn Park’s largest occasions just like the Arkansas Derby (G1).
(L-R): Broadcasters Laffit Pincay III and Maggie Wolfendale on set
Tickets for the NTWAB Awards Dinner could be bought on-line on the NTWAB web site. Tickets are $85 for NTWAB members and Breeders’ Cup credentialed media and $115 for non-members and visitors. The NTWAB additionally affords tables of eight and 10 at a reduction. Invites might be mailed to NTWAB members, and non-members can request an invite by contacting Jennifer Kelly at thesirbarton@gmail.com.
The winners of two Breeders’ Cup writing awards can even be introduced by Breeders’ Cup on the dinner.
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