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Tom Law, a senior writer for Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, will receive an Eclipse Award for his coverage of the 2022 Preakness Stakes in the magazine's July edition. Law’s story about Early Voting’s win in the second jewel of the Triple Crown was recognized in the News/Enterprise category of the annual media Eclipse Awards contest overseen by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form and National Turf Writers and Broadcasters. It was the second consecutive Eclipse for the magazine, following a feature by Sandra McKee in 2021.
August 26, 2022, Annville, PA. - Brody’s Cause, one of only two horses to win both of Keeneland’s top races for 2- and 3-year-olds on dirt since Round Table in 1957, has been acquired by Rodney Eckenrode to stand at Equistar Training and Breeding in Annville, Pa., in 2023. A multiple Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 sire, Brody’s Cause will stand for $3,500.
Press Release - May 11, 2022
Joe Clancy, editor of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine and co-owner with brother Sean of ST Publishing, Inc. - parent company of The Saratoga Special newspaper and thisishorseracing.com - has been named recipient of the 2022 Old Hilltop Award for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction.
Grade 1 winner Just One Time is at the head of the class in the first Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll of 2022.
In most of his races, Knicks Go has gone straight to the front and never looked back. The same was true in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll.
Sandra McKee, a contributing writer to Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred for the past eight years after a 36-year career as a sportswriter for the Baltimore Evening Sun and Baltimore Sun, will be honored next month with an Eclipse Award for her story “A Jockey’s Life” that appeared in the June 2021 edition of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred.
Knicks Go and Beren both posted recent victories to remain atop the latest Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz Top Midlantic-bred Poll. As was the case in July, Beren leads the poll of region-bred three-year-olds, while Knicks Go leads among older horses.
