Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

"It is only right to promote the horse through literature." - Dr. Tony Ryan

In 2006, the late Dr. Tony Ryan had a vision for supporting those whopromote the Thoroughbred through literature. In a perfect culmination ofhis love for fine arts and for Thoroughbred racing, Dr. Ryan developed hisidea for a literary award that would honor the best books pertaining to anyaspect dealing with Thoroughbreds.

As with everything he set his mind to, this would not be done in just anyway. He conceived the idea to recognize the best racing-related bookspublished in a given year with $10,000 to be awarded to the winner, a cashprize that competes with Literature awards such as the National Book Awardand Pulitzer Prize. Nominees from any category may be submitted: fiction,non-fiction, handicapping, children's, health care, photography, etc., aslong as it pertains to any aspect of the Thoroughbred.

Dr. Ryan partnered with the THOROUGHBRED TIMES to promote and coordinatewhat would be the inaugural Castleton Lyons-Thoroughbred Times Book Award in2007. Now in its fourth consecutive year, The Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award,since named for the visionary responsible for its inception, still remainsone of the richest literature awards in the world.

Winners of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

2009- James E. "Ted" Bassett & Bill Mooney, Keeneland's Ted Bassett: My Life

2008- Rudy Alvarado, The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The Voice of SantaAnita

2007- T.D. Thornton, Not By a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track

2006- Joe Drape, Black Maestro


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BASSETT, MOONEY WIN 4TH ANNUAL DR. TONY RYAN BOOK AWARD

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Posted: 08:37:00 AM on Apr 24th, 10

A TOWERING VISIONARY

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Posted: 12:02:00 PM on Apr 23rd, 10

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE..

After months of reading, evaluating, and scoring, judges have selected three outstanding books as finalists
By Mary Simon (Courtesy of The Thoroughbred Times) Learn More >

Posted: 10:04:00 AM on Apr 10th, 10

VARIETY MIXES WITH DISTINCT WORKS

The Fourth annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award drew, perhaps, its strongest field of entries to date, a broad assortment of well-written biographies, autobiographies, journals, and histories. Learn More >

Posted: 10:06:00 AM on Mar 20th, 10

CASTLETON LYONS, THOROUGHBRED TIMES SPONSOR BOOK AWARD

Castleton Lyons and Thoroughbred Times announced today that they will be co-sponsoring the Fourth Annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award and are now taking entries for the prestigious prize. Presented to the author of the best book about Thoroughbred racing published in 2009, the award comes with a $10,000 cash prize, making it one of the richest book awards in the world. Learn More >

Posted: 10:07:00 AM on Nov 24th, 09

THE 3RD ANNUAL DR. TONY RYAN BOOK AWARD

Rudy Alvarado Wins the 2008 Edition with his book "The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The Voice of Santa Anita" Learn More >

Posted: 09:26:00 AM on Apr 6th, 09

T.D. THORNTON WINS CASTLETON LYONS-THOROUGHBRED TIMES BOOK AWARD

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Posted: 08:00:00 AM on Apr 8th, 08