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Kentucky Derby Winning Trainer Carl Nafzger Wins Big Sport of Turfdom Award
Trainer of 2007 Kentucky Derby and Travers Stakes winner Street Sense, Carl Nafzger became a two-time winner of the Big Sport of Turfdom award presented by the Turf Publicists of America on Tuesday.
The Big Sport of Turfdom award is given each year to a person or a group enhancing thoroughbred racing through cooperation with the media. Carl Nafzger will receive the award in Beverly Hills, California on January 21st.
“This wasn’t the first time that Carl Nafzger was thrust into the national spotlight, but he was just as gracious and generous with his time as he was when he won this award 17 years ago,” TPA president Eric Wing said.
Nafzger first won the award in 1990, the year he won the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders’ Cup Classic with Unbridled. The 66-year-old Nafzger joins Laffit Pincay Jr. as the only two-time recipients of the award.
“This is tremendous honor,” Carl Nafzger said. “I never expected to get this award twice. I don’t know what to say. I always do my best to cooperate with the media requests. I think we had a good time. I know I did.”
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