Jay Privman wins David F. Woods Preakness writing award for third time
Jay Privman, who retired from a four-decade career covering horse racing last fall, will receive the David F. Woods Award from Pimlico Race Course at the track’s annual Alibi Breakfast, honoring his story last year on the trainer D. Wayne Lukas’s long history in the Preakness Stakes.
Privman, who received a Special Eclipse Award after his retirement, will become a three-time winner of the David F. Woods Award, which honors the previous year’s best story on the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown. He also won in 2002 and 2013.
Privman was the lead racing reporter for Daily Racing Form for 24 years, covering nearly every Triple Crown race during that span. His winning story outlined Lukas’s career with Preakness horses, running from the trainer’s first victory in the race, with Codex in 1980, to his 2022 entry, the filly Secret Oath.
“Building up relationships over years, and having access to those in racing, are both paramount to make stories like this possible,” said Privman, in a release distributed by Pimlico. “I thank Wayne for his time last year that morning at the Pimlico stakes barn as we went down memory lane, and I thank the Maryland Jockey Club for continuing its support and acknowledgment of the vital role media plays in telling the sport’s stories.”
Rob Carr, a Baltimore-based photographer, will also be honored at the Alibi Breakfast, scheduled for May 18, with the presentation of the Jerry Frutkoff Award for the best photograph of the previous Preakness. The shot captured jockey Jose Ortiz being overcome with emotion after crossing the finish line aboard winner Early Voting.
Carr, who has covered racing for more than 30 years, also won the Frutkoff in 2009 and 2017.
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