TDN contributor Mike Kane, the human connections surrounding Cody's Wish, the Gregson Foundation and noted television personality Kenny Rice will be honored with various awards during the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters 63rd Annual Awards Dinner, Wednesday, Nov. 1, at The Woolf Den by The Derby in Arcadia, CA.
Kane, who has been this publication's on-site correspondent at Saratoga for several years, has been an NTWAB member since 1996 and is in his fifth decade of covering racing in print, radio, television and online. Kane will be honored with the Walter Haight Award for career excellence in turf writing.
Team Cody's Wish, which includes the family of Cody Dorman, the horse's owner/breeder Godolphin, trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado will receive the Mr. Fitz Award for typifying the spirit of racing.
The Gregson Foundation, a non-profit developed to benefit California Thoroughbred racing's backstretch workers and their families, will be recognized with the Joe Palmer Award for meritorious service to racing. The organization is named in honor of the late California-based trainer and past president of the California Thoroughbred Trainers Eddie Gregson and provided financial assistance to the children of backstretch workers to attend college. The Foundation has made well over $1.3 million in grants over the past two decades.
Kenny Rice has long been a fixture of television broadcasts of Thoroughbred racing on ESPN and more recently on NBC's coverage of the Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup. He will receive the Jim McKay Award for career excellence in broadcasting.
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