“The Racetracks of America: From the Pre-Civil Conflict Days to the twenty first Century,” a 440-page historical past of Thoroughbred racing venues nationwide, gained the 20th Dr. Tony Ryan Ebook Award Nov. 4 throughout a night ceremony in Lexington.
Brien Bouyea of the Nationwide Museum of Racing and Corridor of Fame and Roda Ferraro of Keeneland Library accepted the award, which features a $10,000 first prize and a Tipperary crystal trophy, throughout a reception at Castleton Lyons’ stallion barn. Introduced by the Ryan household, the Dr. Tony Ryan Ebook Award acknowledges excellence in Thoroughbred racing literature.
The award-winning e book detailing the wealthy historical past of Thoroughbred racing’s most iconic tracks comprises greater than 70 essays and 600 pictures, work, applications, officers’ badges, and memorabilia.
The e book’s writers embody a number of members of BloodHorse employees and contributors to America’s Greatest Racing and BloodHorse. The complete group contains many main nationwide turf writers and historians: Michael Blowen, Brien Bouyea, Edward L. Bowen, Caton Bredar, Andrew Champagne, Invoice Christine, Sean Clancy, Don Clippinger, Steven Crist, Mary Eddy, Bob Ehalt, Roda Ferraro, Tracy Gantz, Teresa Genaro, David Grening, Invoice Heller, Jay Hovdey, Dick Jerardi, Jennifer Kelly, Byron King, Jody Lamp, Ed McNamara, Jim Melia, Joe Nevills, Dorothy Ours, Josh Pons, Jay Privman, Nicole Russo, Mark Shrager, Lynne Snierson, Michael Veitch, Natalie Voss, Gary West, Jon White, and Kim Wickens.
The opposite finalists for the Dr. Tony Ryan Award had been “Demise of a Racehorse: An American Story,” by Katie Bo Lillis, and “Reinventing the American Thoroughbred: The Arabian Adventures of Alexander Keene Richards,” by Gary O’Dell.
