NYRA creates scholarship to honor Liz Bracken

ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association announced the creation of the Elizabeth Bracken Memorial Scholarship to support and encourage students enrolled in the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program to secure careers in the Thoroughbred industry.

The $10,000 scholarship, to be awarded annually, will be open to juniors and seniors who completed one full semester in the RTIP and have expressed the desire to work in the Thoroughbred racing industry.

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The scholarship honors the memory of Bracken, an RTIP graduate who spent 16 years at NYRA before returning to the RTIP as an association coordinator and instructor.

Bracken died in November 2019 at the age of 52.

“We view this scholarship as a way of attracting talented students to careers in our industry, especially in New York,” said NYRA president and CEO Dave O’Rourke. “Liz was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Our hope is that recipients will share the kind of creativity, vision, and drive that Liz brought to everything she accomplished at NYRA and elsewhere in racing.”