Thoroughbred Marketing: An Eye on the Industry: Fairfax journalist wins major award for racing story

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Fairfax journalist wins major award for racing story

At the 50th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend writer Amanda Hooton won the award for best coverage of sport for her story "Takeover target".

According to the Walkleys site:

"Amanda Hooton told the rags-to-riches story of Takeover Target, a temperamental horse with bung knees bought for only $1400 but on his way to becoming a racing legend.

Following Hooton's story, Takeover Target won the Salinger Stakes - 'the Melbourne Cup of sprint races'.

The Good Weekend story was a wonderful piece about the passion that drives racing and the relationship between a battling trainer and his horse.

Hooton's first job in journalism was for The Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh.

She has been a staff writer at Good Weekend since 1999. This is her first Walkley win.

Judges' comments

A compelling read and delightfully engaging from the opening paragraph. Hooton perfectly captured the relationship between Takeover Target and trainer Joe Janiak. In lesser hands the story might have lapsed into sentimentality, but she kept it light and real."

Posted by: AthloneAssociates at 5:36 PM | Permalink

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