National Turf Writers and Broadcasters

Order NTWAB Annual Awards Dinner Tickets

When: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 at 6:00 ET

Where: Malone's Prime, 3373 Tates Creek Rd, Lexington, KY Malone's Prime website

Our 66th Annual Awards Dinner - Honoring Excellence in Horse Racing

OUR HONOREES

Team Golden Tempo will receive the Mr. Fitz Award for typifying the spirit of racing. Trainer Cherie Devaux became the first woman to win the Kentucky Derby and went on to take the Belmont Stakes as well with Jose Oritz riding the late-running Golden Tempo, owned and bred by Phipps Stable, headed by Ogden Phipps II and Daisy Phipps Pulito, and Vinnie and Teresa Viola’s St. Elias Stable with contributions from Monique Delk. Invaluable help came from assistant trainer and exercise rider Enrique Miranda and groom Jose Hernandez.

Johnny Velazquez (Joe Palmer Award for meritorious service to racing), still riding strong at 54 and serving his fellow jockeys and their families as the 20+ year former chairman of the board of directors of the Jockeys' Guild, a 20-year board member of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, and a board member of the New York Racetrack Chaplaincy.

The late Mary Rampellini (Walter Haight Award for career excellence in Turf writing), a much beloved full-time reporter and handicapper for Daily Racing Form for 24 years until her untimely death at age 53.

Team FanDuel/TVG (Jim McKay Award for career excellence in broadcasting) for all their great work both in front of and behind the cameras during a turf broadcasting run that began with TVG in 1999 and continued with FanDuel.

Stable Recovery graduates (Bill Mooney Award for displaying courage in the face of tremendous adversity). Dozens of individuals have worked toward recovery from substance abuse and finding meaningful employment within the Thoroughbred racing industry with the help of Stable Recovery, launched by Frank Taylor and Christian Countzler.

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The NTWAB Annual Awards Dinner is the organization’s only fundraiser, and a portion of the proceeds of the event will fund Thoroughbred industry charities and internships for prospective racing journalists. This year, the NTWAB co-funded multiple internships with equine media outlets.

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Individual tickets: $85 for NTWAB members and credentialed media. $115 for non-members.
Large Parties: $840 party of eight; $1,050 party of ten. Contact us at ntwab2014@gmail.com if your party is more than 10.

Individuals, organizations or groups: Please include in your order or email ntwab2014@gmail.com choices of beef, fish or vegan/vegetarian along with any dietary restrictions of each of your guest; your contact person; names and emails of attendees.

Entree options: Filet Mignon, Atlantic Salmon, Chef's Vegan Special

DIETARY RESTRICTION NOTE: If you have any dietary restriction such as food allergy, it is your responsibility to inform Malone's wait staff. You may also inform us at ntwab2014@gmail.com and we will pass along the information to Malone's, but each diner bears the sole responsibility to notify Malone's of any dietary restriction such as a food allergy.

ARRIVAL: Please arrive a bit early and go to the check-in table where we will have a list of attendees.

TICKETS SALES WILL CLOSE OCTOBER 21. We offer several ways to order.

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