Keeneland History Book Wins Prestigious IPPY Award

Newsdate: Wed, 11 May 2011 - 01:52 pm
Location: LEXINGTON, Kentucky

Keeneland: A Thoroughbred Legacy has won an Independent Publisher Book Award for best sports book of 2010. A collection of well-known writers contributed chapters on topics ranging from the Keene family legacy and the track’s early years to Keeneland racing, sales, and community involvement.

Published by Eclipse Press for the Keeneland Association, the book chronicles the track’s first 75 years. . Hundreds of historic and contemporary photos illustrate the work.

 More than 4,000 works were entered in the 15th annual “IPPY” awards.

 “We are proud to be selected by Keeneland to collaborate on Keeneland: A Thoroughbred Legacy. Keeneland exemplifies Thoroughbred racing tradition here in the Bluegrass, and we are gratified to have a role in celebrating the history of this landmark operation,” said Marla Bickel, president and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications.

 Keeneland: A Thoroughbred Legacy is one of three books published by Eclipse Press to commemorate Keeneland’s 75th anniversary. Keeneland Entertains, a guide to entertaining that centers around the Keeneland experience and includes menus and recipes, received third place in the Independent Publisher’s regional non-fiction category.

Eclipse Press also published Keeneland Then; Keeneland Now, which tells the track’s history in photographs.  

About the Author

Flossie Sellers

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As an animal lover since childhood, Flossie was delighted when Mark, the CEO and developer of EquiMed asked her to join his team of contributors.

She enrolled in My Horse University at Michigan State and completed a number of courses in everything related to horse health, nutrition, diseases and conditions, medications, hoof and dental care, barn safety, and first aid.

Staying up-to-date on the latest developments in horse care and equine health is now a habit, and she enjoys sharing a wealth of information with horse owners everywhere.

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