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McAnally accepts the Laffit Pincay Jr.


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Ron McAnally & Laffit Pincay Jr. 1998 | Benoit

Coach Ron McAnally was named the 18th recipient of the Laffit Pincay, Jr. Award. He will be honored at the beachside racetrack on Saturday, August 27. The Pincay Award, named and presented by, the Hall of Fame racer, is for those who have served the sport “with” integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination and distinction. “

McAnally, who turned 90 last month, has had an extraordinary coaching career that began 64 years ago and continues to this day.

“Ron put me on a horse from the start,” says Pincay, who first rode in California in the late 60s. “He rode me on a lot of his horses and had a lot of pawns. Whenever I ride for him, I ride with a lot of confidence. I know I’m going to have a good game.”

McAnally, who started at Del Mar, worked as a hot walker for his coaching uncle, Reggie Cornell, in 1948, steering his first winner in 1958 and scoring in over 2,500 races since earning over $126 million in wallets in the process. He was the winning coach in Del Mar history from 1998 to 2011 and is currently fourth on the track’s lead list with 447 firsts.

McAnally, who was inducted into the race’s Hall of Fame in 1990, has trained a herd of top horses over the years, including the legendary John Henry, National Horse of the Year in both 1981 and 1984, who raced until the age of nine and won 27 of his 45 starts under McAnally’s guidance. Overall, the hard-charged gelding won seven Eclipse Prizes, a then-record $6,597,947 in wallets and 18 Southern California special stakes races.

Among McAnally’s many other top runners are Donut King, Olympio, Super Moment, Festin, Hawkster and Candy Ride.

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