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D/M Racing’s Carmen McShane Named Finalist for Leadership Award in Racing

Congratulations to Carmen McShane, one of three finalists in the Leadership Award in Racing category of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA), presented by Godolphin. McShane has been in the racing industry for more than three decades and currently serves as assistant trainer at D/M Racing, which is headed by her husband, Dave McShane. She has also been a jockey, exercise rider, outrider, and farm worker.

“She is the first one to the barn and the last one to leave,” said her daughter, Michelle McShane. “If there were more hours in the day, I believe she’d spend those at the barn as well.”

Click for the video feature on McShane done by TIEA.

Other finalists for the Leadership Award in Racing are Cindy Hutter of George Weaver Racing and Roy Smith of Indiana Grand Racing and Casino, who will be recognized on these pages in the coming days. The Leadership Award in Racing is presented annually to an individual who is part of a Thoroughbred racing stable in a managerial or supervisory role and displays exceptional leadership qualities.

A total of seven award categories will be honored by TIEA for 2020. Maria Cristina Silva of New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA) has already been announced as the winner of the Community Award, while the winners in the other categories will be announced live in a virtual ceremony hosted by Jill Byrne and streamed at the TDN homepage Thursday, Nov. 5, at 12:00 p.m. ET. All finalists will be spotlighted in TDN in the days leading up to the ceremony.

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OwnerView’s Thoroughbred Owner Conference Postponed to 2021

OwnerView’s seventh Thoroughbred Owner Conference, already rescheduled three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been postponed until 2021. Originally scheduled for July in Saratoga, it was first postponed to Keeneland and finally moved to Breeders’ Cup week as a virtual conference before the new 2021 date was announced Wednesday.

“Because of the uncertainties of travel and in-person gatherings, we still plan to provide a virtual event for the seventh Thoroughbred Owner Conference,” said Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView. “However, we are rethinking the format to provide engaging and educational content over a period of weeks or even months in 2021 instead of the originally planned two days.”

Details for the 2021 conference will be available soon.

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Kelly McDaniel, Former Airdrie Stud Stallion Manager, Passes Away

Kelly McDaniel, a long-time and beloved stallion manager at Airdrie Stud, passed away Sunday at the age of 56. Known for his affable character and great love of the history of the land on which Airdrie was built, Kelly dutifully looked after the Airdrie stallions for more than 32 years before his retirement in 2017.

“Kelly was one of the all-time originals,” said Airdrie’s Bret Jones. “He, of course, took wonderful care of his horses, but I think Kelly’s incredible storytelling is how he impacted so many people. He loved giving tours of Airdrie to anyone with even a hint of interest and they always walked away so grateful for the experience. Dad always said that Kelly got more fan mail at the farm than any horse or human that set foot here. He loved talking to people and took great joy in teaching them something they didn’t know. I think he knew more about the history of this land than anyone named Jones. We have been so lucky to have had Kelly in our lives, and our Airdrie family sends our deepest condolences to all those fortunate enough to have known and loved him.”

A graveside service will take place at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Midway Cemetery in Midway, Ky. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass.

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GSW Runaway Ghost Retired, to Stand in New Mexico

GSW Runaway Ghost (Ghostzapper–Rose’s Desert, by Desert God) has been retired from racing and will stand for the 2021 breeding season at Double LL Farms in Bosque, New Mexico. With lifetime earnings of $783,509, he won a total of six stakes races, from six furlongs to a mile and an eighth, by a combined 27 1/4 lengths. His GIII Sunland Derby win earned him the right to “Run for the Roses” in the 2018 GI Kentucky Derby, but he was forced to scratch prior to the Derby after suffering a training injury while at Sunland Park Racetrack in New Mexico.

Runaway Ghost came back as a 4-year-old and won three stakes races at Sunland Park before shipping to Kentucky for the GII Commonwealth S. at Keeneland, where he suffered an ankle injury after twice clipping heels in the race. A third generation homebred for Joe Peacock of San Antonio, Texas, Runaway Ghost retires sound and will continue to be owned by the Peacock Family as he starts his second career.

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