Steve Haskin (born 1947 in New York) is an American

horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...

journalist and author. A former

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employee, Haskin became interested in horse racing in 1967. He gained recognition for his annual coverage of the Kentucky Derby, first as National Correspondent for the

Daily Racing Form The ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF) (referred to as the ''Racing Form'' or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of rac ...

and then as Senior Correspondent at ''

The Blood-Horse ''The Blood-Horse'' (also referred to simply as ''Blood-Horse'' and displayed on its nameplate in upright all-capital letters without hyphenation as BLOODHORSE) is a news magazine that originated in 1916 as a monthly bulletin of the Thoroughbred ...

'' until June 2015. Among his awards are the Walter Haight Award, Charles Englehard Award, and Old Hilltop Award, all for career excellence; he won six Red Smith Awards for Kentucky Derby coverage, two William Leggett Awards for Breeders' Cup coverage, and five First Place American Horse Publications Awards in five different categories. He was elected to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Media Roll of Honor (2016).

Books

Steve Haskin is the author of six books: * ''Baffert : Dirt Road to the Derby'', co-author with

Bob Baffert Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer. He has trained two Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Baffert's horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, tying the record with ...

, Blood-Horse, 1999. * '' Dr. Fager: Thoroughbred Legends'', Eclipse Press, 2000. *''Horse Racing's Holy Grail: The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby'', Eclipse Press, 2002. *'' Kelso'', Eclipse Press, 2003. * ''

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: Racing's Grand Old Man,'' Eclipse Press, 2007''.'' * ''Tales From the Triple Crown'', Eclipse Press, 2008.

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1947 births Living people American magazine editors Writers from New York (state) Horse racing in the United States 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-journalist-1940s-stub