Free Press reporter takes first place at jockey club awards
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A Free Press sports reporter was first past the post at an awards gala Thursday.
Mike McIntyre won in the writing category at the Jockey Club of Canada’s 50th annual Sovereign Awards. The ceremony was held in Woodbridge, Ont., on Thursday.
McIntyre, who was unable to attend because he’s covering the Winnipeg Jets in the Stanley Cup playoffs, won for his August feature on a former jockey who returned to riding nearly a decade after she was paralyzed in an accident at Assiniboia Downs.
The awards celebrate “outstanding human and equine achievements in Canadian thoroughbred racing and breeding.”
“I’m very honoured to receive this prestigious award,” McIntyre wrote on social media.