Dinny Phipps Award

Noted equine surgeon Dr. Larry Bramlage will be presented with the Dinny Phipps Award, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation said in a release Wednesday. Created in 2017, the award will be presented at a dinner hosted by the chairman of The Jockey Club, Stuart S. Janney III, in Saratoga Springs, New York, the week of the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, which is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 3. "This is especially meaningful for me based on who it is named after," Dr. Bramlage said. "The Phipps family...

Claiborne Farm's Dell Hancock, longtime chairman of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, accepted the Dinny Phipps Award at the Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration Thursday, June 9, at Tavern on the Green in New York. Plans to honor Hancock with the award and details about the nature of the award had been previously announced. "Our families have always shared a common bond and common dedication to the horse, and I think that is what has kept us striving in that same direction toward equine health over all those generations and years," said...

Edited Press Release Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that Dell Hancock, chairman of the foundation, has been named the fifth recipient of the Dinny Phipps Award. She will be presented with the award at the Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration, which will be held Thursday, June 9. Earle Mack, an active participant in Thoroughbred racing and breeding for more than five decades, created the award in 2017 in memory of Phipps to honor an individual or individuals who have demonstrated dedication to equine health. Previous winners of the Dinny Phipps...