2012 Racing Book Awards Semi-Finalists
Mar 18, 2013 23:07:52 GMT -5
Post by cait on Mar 18, 2013 23:07:52 GMT -5
Good reading list! Sasscer Hill a semi-finalist!
Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award semifinalists announced
Castleton Lyons revealed the semifinalists for the seventh annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award on Monday.
Conceived and launched in 2006 by the late Castleton Lyons owner Dr. Tony Ryan, the Award has annually showcased the best of racing literature. Originally known as the Castleton Lyons Book Award, the name was changed to honor its founder, who passed away in 2007. Ryan's son Shane has carried on the contest each spring since.
The semifinalists are listed below, in alphabetical order by title:
Flying Change: A Year of Racing and Family and Steeplechasing
Author: Patrick Smithwick
Publisher: Chesapeake Publishing
Kentucky Derby Dreams: The Making of Thoroughbred Champions
Author: Susan Nusser
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
My Year of the Racehorse
Author: Kevin Chong
Publisher: Greystone Books
Racing From Death
Author: Sasscer Hill
Publisher: Wildside Press
The Garrett Gomez Story: A Jockey's Journey Through Addiction and Salvation
Author: Rudolph Alvarado, with Garrett Keith Gomez
Publisher: Caballo Press of Ann Arbor
The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event
Author: James C. Nicholson
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
When Racing Was Racing – A Century of Horse Racing
Author: Adam Powley
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Three from that list will be chosen as finalists, in a further announcement planned for next Monday.
The winner of the 2012 Book Award will be announced on April 10 at Castleton Lyons, during a cocktail reception held in a room above the farm's historic stallion barn.
First prize is $10,000, with $1,000 awarded to each runner-up. In addition, all three finalists will receive a Tipperary Crystal trophy.
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Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award semifinalists announced
Castleton Lyons revealed the semifinalists for the seventh annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award on Monday.
Conceived and launched in 2006 by the late Castleton Lyons owner Dr. Tony Ryan, the Award has annually showcased the best of racing literature. Originally known as the Castleton Lyons Book Award, the name was changed to honor its founder, who passed away in 2007. Ryan's son Shane has carried on the contest each spring since.
The semifinalists are listed below, in alphabetical order by title:
Flying Change: A Year of Racing and Family and Steeplechasing
Author: Patrick Smithwick
Publisher: Chesapeake Publishing
Kentucky Derby Dreams: The Making of Thoroughbred Champions
Author: Susan Nusser
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
My Year of the Racehorse
Author: Kevin Chong
Publisher: Greystone Books
Racing From Death
Author: Sasscer Hill
Publisher: Wildside Press
The Garrett Gomez Story: A Jockey's Journey Through Addiction and Salvation
Author: Rudolph Alvarado, with Garrett Keith Gomez
Publisher: Caballo Press of Ann Arbor
The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event
Author: James C. Nicholson
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
When Racing Was Racing – A Century of Horse Racing
Author: Adam Powley
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Three from that list will be chosen as finalists, in a further announcement planned for next Monday.
The winner of the 2012 Book Award will be announced on April 10 at Castleton Lyons, during a cocktail reception held in a room above the farm's historic stallion barn.
First prize is $10,000, with $1,000 awarded to each runner-up. In addition, all three finalists will receive a Tipperary Crystal trophy.
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