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Mark Shrager Wins Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award For Diane Crump Biography Sponsored by:
Veteran turf writer Mark Shrager has won the 15th Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, presented by Castleton Lyons, for
Diane Crump, A Horse-Racing Pioneer s Life in the Saddle. The winner was announced on May 10 via Zoom conference for the second straight year due to pandemic concerns. Previously, the by-invitation winner s reception had been held on-site at the Ryan family s Lexington-based farm, and hopes are that it will return to that venue in the future.
Shrager, a previous Book Award finalist for
The Great Sweepstakes of 1877, took top honors for his beautifully written and comprehensively researched biography of one of racing s great trail blazers. During the late 1960s, Diane Crump represented the face of hope for aspiring young women in the Sport of Kings. Though diminutive in size, she boldly blew open doors and shattered glass ceilings while defying threats, jeers, and boycotts to ac
Three Finalists Named For Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award Sponsored by:
Three finalists have been selected for the 15th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award from more than a dozen quality submissions published in 2020. These include two comprehensive biographies about barrier-breaking women and an engaging novel of hope and heartbreak.
“This was the year of debut authors, including the fiction finalist,” said judge Kay Coyte, a former Washington Post and racing publications editor. “Part of the mission of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award is to encourage new writers to cover the sport he so loved. To have this many in 2020 would have delighted him.”
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