The Isaac Murphy Award is an American honor presented annually since 1995 by the

National Turf Writers Association The National Turf Writers Association (NTWA) is an American association of journalists, columnists and other writers involved with reporting on the horse racing industry. The organization was founded by prominent sports writer Joe Hirsch who served ...

of the United States to the

thoroughbred horse racing Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

jockey with the highest winning percentage who has ridden in a minimum of 500 races during the year. The award is named in honor of

Isaac Murphy Isaac Murphy (October 16, 1799 or 1802 – September 8, 1882)Every Arkansas reference says that he was born in 1799; most other sources, including genealogical studies, say he was born in 1802. was a native of Pennsylvania, a teacher and la ...

, a 19th-century

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

Hall of Fame jockey. Since its inception, Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze has won it every year except for 2004, when he placed second.
Isaac Murphy Award. Accessed February 13, 2011. Past winners: *1995 :

Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze (born 7 August 1958 ) is a retired horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame and the State of Washington S ...

*1996 : Russell Baze *1997 : Russell Baze *1998 : Russell Baze *1999 : Russell Baze *2000 : Russell Baze *2001 : Russell Baze *2002 : Russell Baze *2003 : Russell Baze *2004 : Ramon Dominguez *2005 : Russell Baze *2006 : Russell Baze *2007 : Russell Baze *2008 : Russell Baze

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