Bob Ehalt, New York correspondent for BloodHorse, and photographer Charles Toler of Eclipse Sportswire will be recognized for their coverage of the 2025 Preakness Stakes (G1) during the Alibi Breakfast May 14, ahead of this year's Preakness at Laurel Park.
Ehalt will receive the David F. Woods Memorial Award for best Preakness story, while Toler will be given the Jerry Frutkoff Photography Award for best Preakness image.
The Alibi Breakfast, which began in the 1930s on the porch of the historic Pimlico Race Course, features a gathering of owners, trainers, jockeys, media, and fans to celebrate the Preakness and gain interesting and humorous race predictions.
Ehalt's story, "Journalism Battles Through Traffic to Win Preakness," was written on deadline and appeared on the BloodHorse website May 17.
READ: Ehalt's David F. Woods Memorial Award-Winning Preakness Recap
Ehalt was the recipient of the 2016 David F. Woods Award for his story titled "American Pharoah Makes It Look Easy." That story appeared on espn.com. He also received the 2019 award for his 2018 story "Baffert and the Triple Crown: Two out of Three Ain't Bad? It's Unprecedented," that appeared on Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
Toler, based in Clarksville, Md., is being recognized for his photo titled "The Bump," which shows Preakness winner Journalism being boxed in and bumping with Goal Oriented . The photo appeared on the cover of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. Toler took the photograph from the rooftop fire escape at Pimlico Race Course.
Tickets to the Alibi Breakfast, which runs from 9 to 11 a.m. ET, are available online.
