The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) announced Wednesday the winners of this year’s
Preakness media awards. Honorees will be recognized and awards presented at the
May 14 Alibi Breakfast in the Terrace Dining Room at Pimlico Race Course. The
ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. (EDT) two days prior to the middle jewel of
the Triple Crown, the $1 million Preakness S. (G1).
USA Today‘s Tom Pedulla is the recipient of the David F. Woods Award
for his feature on the family of Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux. The Woods
Award honors the best Preakness story for the previous year. Judging was done by
Preakness notes team members Ed Gray, Mike Kane and Matt Graves, all
award-winning turf writers.
Associated Press photographer Rob Carr is the winner of the Jerry Frutkoff
Preakness Photo Award. Carr captured Big Brown’s dominating performance in last
year’s Preakness. Judging was completed by Nikon’s Mark Suban and Mark
Kettenhofen and Maryland Jockey Club photographer Jim McCue.
The prestigious Old Hilltop Award will be bestowed upon veteran New
Orleans Times-Picayune turf writer Bob Fortus and ESPN reporter Jeannine
Edwards for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction.
Since 1996, the United States Postal Service has opened a temporary Preakness
station the week of the Preakness. The Honorary Postmaster for Preakness 134
Station is Harold Snyder, owner of International Sound Corporation.
Baltimore radio personalities Scott Garceau and Keith Mills, former broadcast
partners at WMAR-TV from 1987-2006, will act as the master of ceremonies. Rev.
Msgr. Robert J. Jaskot will give the invocation.