Hancock Receives AAEP’s George Stubbs Award

Dell Hancock is the chair of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
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Dell Hancock, who has been instrumental in the acquisition of significant funds for vital equine research as current chairman of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and as president of its predecessor Grayson Foundation, has received the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 2014 George Stubbs Award.

Named for the late artist and educator George Stubbs, the award recognizes a non-veterinarian who has contributed substantially to equine veterinary medicine through leadership, product development, public service, public policy development, volunteerism, advocacy, research or education. Hancock accepted the award during the Dec. 9 President’s Luncheon at the AAEP’s 60th Annual Convention, taking place Dec. 6-10 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Based in Lexington, Kentucky, Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation was formed in 1989 when the Grayson Foundation and The Jockey Club Research Foundation, both of which were funding equine research, merged. Under Hancock’s chairmanship since 2005 and in an era of constrained state and university budgets, the foundation has raised more than $9 million to support university research into a wide range of relevant and topical equine maladies. In 2014, the foundation underwrote 19 specific projects for $1,003,580.

A third-generation member of the family that owns venerable Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, Hancock exemplifies the motto “always put the horse first.” In addition to her duties with Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Hancock is a member and former steward of The Jockey Club and serves on its Thoroughbred Safety Committee, which reviews every facet of equine health and recommends actions the industry can take to improve the health and safety of Thoroughbreds

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