White Horse Award

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA), which ministers to the needs of those in the racing industry, honored WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden and outrider Bo Butler with the 22nd annual White Horse and Community Service Awards during the RTCA's "Night of Faith, Hope & Love" held during Breeders' Cup week. The awards are meant to recognize "selfless servants" throughout the industry. Walden, who has served as the RTCA National President for six of the last seven years, was named the RTCA 2024 Community Service Award recipient. Among his other...

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) is accepting nominations for its 22nd Annual White Horse Award, the organization said in a release. The White Horse Award is given to an individual, or individuals, who has/have done something heroic on behalf of human or horse in the past 12 months. This year's winner will be honored by a special video presentation at the Race Track Chaplaincy's Night of Faith, Hope & Love event Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Del Mar just prior to the beginning of the Breeders' Cup. David Pope...

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America has honored Dan Fick with its RTCA Community Service Award and David Pope with its RTCA White Horse Award. Fick has served in leadership positions with numerous organizations, including The Jockey Club, American Quarter Horse Association, various state racing commissions, Winners Federation, Groom Elite, Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, and many others. He was instrumental in establishing the Racing Officials Accreditation Program. With decades of service to the chaplaincy, Fick has helped to craft the organization. He served on the RTCA National Board as President...

Nominations are now being accepted for the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's 21st annual White Horse Award. The White Horse Award is given annually to individuals who have done something heroic on behalf of human or horse in the past 12 months. The winner of the 2022 RTCA White Horse Award was Nery Delcid, who bravely prevented a maliciously set fire from spreading at Churchill Downs. The nomination deadline for the award is Aug. 25. To submit a nomination or for a complete set of rules and criteria for the...

RTCA honored Nery Delcid with their White Horse Award at a ceremony Tuesday evening for bravely preventing a fire from spreading at Churchill Downs. The fire in one of the stalls was set by someone in the barn during the night and Delcid acted quickly by calling 911, dousing the flames and calling security. He alerted the workers who were sleeping in the barn and together they helped control the fire. Thanks to his quick actions, there was no significant damage, and no human or horse was injured. They also...

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America is now accepting nominations for the 2022 RTCA White Horse Award which will be presented to an individual or individuals of any age who performed a heroic act on behalf of human or horse within the past 12 months. Last year's winner was Marshal Allen from Emerald Downs. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, Aug. 24. The form can be found here on the official Race Track Chaplaincy website.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's White Horse Award, which honors individuals who have done something heroic on behalf of human or horse in the past year. This year's White Horse Award winner will be honored by a special video presentation at the Race Track Chaplaincy's Nov. 2 event in the Silks Lawn Chalet at Keeneland. To submit a nomination for the White Horse Award, visit http://www.rtcanational.org/events for a complete list of rules and selection criteria, as well as nomination forms. The deadline for...

Marshall Allen has been named the winner of this year's Race Track Chaplaincy of America White Horse Award. Allen, an assistant trainer at Emerald Downs, saved the life of long-time horse owner Jim Foulkes, who had collapsed in the track's barn area last May. Allen began CPR and assisted EMTs when they arrived on the scene. To see Allen's story, click here. Also honored by RTCA White Horse nominations this year were: Julie Berry from Blue Grass Farms Charities; Jonathan Estrada from Belmont Park; Nick Garafola and Veronica Gallardo from...

Nominations are now open for The Race Track Chaplaincy of America White Horse Awards, which will be held Breeders' Cup week, Thursday, Nov. 5 via Facebook Live. The White Horse Award is given to individual(s) who have done something heroic on behalf of human or horse. The Community Service Award is given to individual (s) who have made significant contributions to the welfare of racetrack chaplaincy ministries. To nominate for The White Horse Award, click here. To nominate for The Community Service Award, click here. For more information, visit https://www.rtcanational.org/events.