Veteran jockey Scott Stevens will be presented with the 2019 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in a winner's circle ceremony at Santa Anita Sunday, May 19. A winner of more than 4,800 races in a 43-year career, Stevens will be joined by family, friends and colleagues, including brother and retired Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, who won the award in 1996. The Stevenses are the first pair of brothers to win the award in its 70-year history. Scott Stevens placed first among a list of five finalists that also included Joe Bravo, Kerwin Clark, John Davila, Jr. and Julien Leparoux.
“I know I was there when Gary won, but honestly, it's been so long ago, I don't remember,” said Stevens from his base at Turf Paradise in Phoenix. “This award is so special and I was honored just to be nominated. When you think about all the great riders and the great people that have won it and to be selected by a vote of your peers … It's really more than I can describe.”
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