Privman to Receive David F. Woods Award, Carr to Receive Jerry Frutkoff

LAUREL, MD – Columnist Jay Privman and photographer Rob Carr will be among the honorees at the Alibi Breakfast May 18 at Pimlico Race Course for their outstanding coverage of the 2022 Preakness Stakes (G1).

The legendary Alibi Breakfast began in the 1930s on the porch of the old Pimlico Clubhouse and features a gathering of media, owners, trainers, jockeys, horsemen and fans to celebrate the Preakness while gaining interesting and humorous race predictions.

Privman, the Eclipse Award-winning columnist and broadcaster who retired from the Daily Racing Form in September, will be awarded the David F. Woods for his story on D. Wayne Lukas. The Hall of Fame trainer, who saddled the filly Secret Oath for the 2022 Preakness, “announced himself to a national audience” at Pimlico 42 years earlier, Privman wrote, when he saddled Codex to victory over the popular filly Genuine Risk.

Lukas looks back on his six Preakness victories, his highs, and lows, and Privman writes about how the once controversial figure “has morphed into everyone’s favorite uncle.”

“Building up relationships over years, and having access to those in racing, are both paramount to make stories like this possible,” Privman said. “I thank Wayne for his time last year that morning at the Pimlico stakes barn as we went down memory lane, and I thank the Maryland Jockey Club for continuing its support and acknowledgement of the vital role racing media plays in telling the sport's stories."

Privman also won the David F. Woods in 2002 and 2013.

Carr took the Frutkoff Award-winning image of jockey Jose Ortiz overcome with emotion after winning the 2022 Preakness aboard Early Voting. Carr said the photo was taken “with a Canon R3 camera and a 400mm lens as the jockey waited to enter the winner’s circle.”

A Baltimore-based staff photographer with Getty Images, Carr has been covering Thoroughbred racing for more than 30 years and grew up in the Thoroughbred industry as his father worked at several farms in the region.

Carr previously earned the Frutkoff Award in 2009 and 2017.

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