Some of his funniest stories never made it into print. The publication described him as a “jolly man” who reveled in his role as “Aesop of the press box. Upon his death in 1968, The BloodHorse said Haight “wrote with glee, for he saw the humor and the drama in the game” of racing. Haight was known to inject himself into his writing through first-person narratives, and in the book “Bred to Run,” he created a horse named Flat Tire that had whimsical conversations with the author.Ī charter member and president of the Maryland Racing Writers Association and a vice president of the National Turf Writers Association, Haight has a career excellence award named in his honor annually presented by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association. Known for his storytelling ability, Haight had a 2-year-old horse named after him in 1941 that provided him fodder for several entertaining columns. 1 seat in the Churchill Downs press box for his longevity covering the Run for the Roses. Haight was The Post’s racing writer and editor for 36 years and held the honorary He reported on his first Kentucky Derby that year, beginning a streak of 37 consecutive years writing about the event. He started with The Post as a general assignment reporter and began covering thoroughbred racing for the paper in 1932. Haight (1899 ̶ 1968), a native of Washington, D.C., joined The Washington Post in 1924, embarking on a prolific 44-year run with the paper. Privman has also been a reporter on eight Eclipse Award-winning broadcasts: three each with ESPN and NBC and one each with Sirius Radio and Fox Sports West 2. Engelhard Award, from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (2016). Other honors include the Old Hilltop Award from the Maryland Jockey Club (2005) Walter Haight Award, from the National Turf Writers Association (2005) induction into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2011) and the Charles W. Privman’s Breeders’ Cup awards include six Joe Hirsch Awards (2001, 2003, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2018) for news reporting and the Bill Leggett Award (2017) for feature writing. Woods Award (2002, 2013) from the Maryland Jockey Club for the best Preakness Stakes story and a two-time winner of the Joe Hirsch Award (2010, 2016) from the New York Racing Association for the best Belmont Stakes story. He is a six-time winner of the Red Smith Award (1989, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2008) from Churchill Downs for the best Kentucky Derby story a two-time winner of the David F. He covered every Kentucky Derby from 1982 through 2019 (missing 20 because of covid and a health issue, respectively) and every Breeders’ Cup from the inaugural in 1984 through 2021 (with the exception of 2020 because of the pandemic).Īuthor of the books “Breeders’ Cup: Thoroughbred Racing’s Championship Day,” and “Del Mar at 75” and a contributing writer to the Daily Racing Form book “Champions,” Privman has earned numerous honors for his racing coverage. He also was a correspondent for The Thoroughbred Record and The Thoroughbred Times (1983 to 1998) before joining Daily Racing Form in October 1998.Īlong with his distinguished print career, Privman served as a television reporter or handicapper for CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBCSN from 1998 through 2018 and host of “Thoroughbred Los Angeles,” a Saturday morning show on AM830 KLAA, from 2003 to present. Privman worked for The Daily News full-time from 1981 through 1991, then became West Coast editor for The Racing Times (1991 to 1992) and West Coast correspondent for The New York Times (1992 to 1998). Privman, 62, a resident of Carlsbad, Calif., covered his first race in 1980 - Spectacular Bid’s victory in the Malibu Stakes - while in college at California State University, Northridge, and working part-time for The Los Angeles Daily News. Daily Racing Form national correspondent Jay Privman and the late turf writers Walter Haight and Jack Mann have been selected to the National Museum of Racing’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor. Hall of Fame jockey Darrel McHargue, left, and Jay Privman at Del Mar, November 2021 (Barbara Livingston)
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