RTCA honored Nery Delcid with their White Horse Award at a ceremony Tuesday evening for bravely preventing a fire from spreading at Churchill Downs. The fire in one of the stalls was set by someone in the barn during the night and Delcid acted quickly by calling 911, dousing the flames and calling security. He alerted the workers who were sleeping in the barn and together they helped control the fire. Thanks to his quick actions, there was no significant damage, and no human or horse was injured.
They also awarded Shannon Kelly from the Jockey Club Safety Net with the RTCA Community Service Award. In a video, Chaplains from race tracks across the country thanked Kelly for her dedication to the industry, specifically naming examples of how she was so instrumental in serving the backstretch community during the pandemic.
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