WinStar Farm to be Honored at Bluegrass Sports Awards
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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Kenny Troutt leads eventual Triple Crown winner Justify after winning the Kentucky Derby
WinStar Farm will receive the 2019 Jim Host Sports Business Award when the winners of the eighth annual Bluegrass Sports Awards are honored Jan. 30, 2019 at the Lexington Convention Center's Bluegrass Ballroom.
WinStar joins previous winners the Lexington Center Corporation, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Bill Farish, Mitch Barnhart, Alan Stein, Jerry Carroll and Ted Bassett as Jim Host Sports Business Award recipients. Kenny Troutt's operation has enjoyed another banner year in 2018 as co-owners of Triple Crown winner Justify . Other top-level horses campaigned by WinStar in partnership this year include Yoshida and Audible.
WinStar Farm won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner in 2010 and won for Outstanding Breeder in 2016.
"Kenny Troutt and WinStar Farm are the gold standard in the horse racing industry," said Jim Host. "They routinely produce Derby horses every year and this year they did it again with Triple Crown winner Justify. The impact and prestige that Kenny Troutt and his team bring to the Bluegrass is unparalleled. WinStar is very deserving of this award."
The Bluegrass Sports Awards will consist of a reception with award winners and keynote speakers, a sit-down dinner and awards program. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the BSC and its efforts to grow the economic impact sports tourism has on central Kentucky.