Ron Rippey Award to honor excellence in handicapping media
Brisnet.com will
The inaugural Ron Rippey Handicapping Media Award is open to any article,
“Handicapping horse races is both an art and a science, and the ability to |
Rippey won the 2006 National Handicapping Championship, was a 10-time
qualifier for the prestigious annual event, and a beloved regular on the contest
circuit. He also wrote about racing and made picks for the Newark Star-Ledger
and contributed Spotlight Selections to Brisnet.com for major race days. Rippey
died August 26.
“Ron’s enthusiasm for both playing the game and writing about it was
infectious,” DeRosa said. “He wanted to beat you, but he wanted you to have fun
while he did it, which is the essence of good handicapping content.”
Steve Byk, Jessica Chapel, and Paul Rolfes will serve as judges for the
inaugural award, and the trio brings together a mix of media experiences:
- Byk is host of the long-running “At The Races” on SiriusXM, publisher of
DerbyTrail.com, &
managing partner of Dee Tee Stables
- Chapel founded her eponymous
JessicaChapel.com
— one of the longest-running blogs in racing — in 2004, helped launch
Daily Racing Form blogs in 2007, and currently works on
BreedersCup.com
digital media initiatives
- Rolfes is an editor with the Louisville Courier-Journal who
writes about horse racing and previously covered and handicapped both breeds
for the Columbus Dispatch
For more information or to submit an entry, e-mail
RippeyAward@Brisnet.com by
September 30.
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