Emma Berry, chief correspondent at Thoroughbred Daily News, is among four nominees in the running to win the Alastair Down Trophy, which will be awarded to the winner of the Racing Writer of the Year category at the 2026 HWPA Derby Awards. The annual ceremony will take place at the Lancaster Hotel on Monday, December 7.Berry is nominated alongside two Grand National-winning jockeys in Marcus Armytage and Patrick Mullins. Mullins previously lifted the trophy in 2024, while Chris Cook, successful in 2023, completes the four-strong list of nominees.Elsewhere, the nominees for the John Oaksey Trophy, awarded to the Racing Reporter of the Year, include a trio of previous winners in Bill Barber, Nick Luck and 2025 victor Jack Keene, as well as Frank Keogh.Luck is also one of six named in the Broadcaster of the Year category, alongside fellow previous winners John Hunt and Lydia Hislop, plus a trio from ITV's racing team, namely Ed Chamberlin, Oli Bell and Richard Hoiles.There is also a shortlist of six for the Specialist Writer of the Year, with Kevin Blake, who won this in its inaugural year, joined by three-time Racing Writer of the Year Lee Mottershead and a quartet who are seeking their first Derby Award – Xander Brett, Molly Hunter, Amy Lynam and Phil Turner.The nominees in the Photographer of the Year category include Edward Whitaker and 2025 winner Patrick McCann, who have won the award nine times between them. They are joined as nominees by Francesca Altoft and Debbie Burt, with Whitaker, McCann and Burt also featuring on the Picture of the Year shortlist for the Gerry Cranham Trophy. They are joined by Malcolm Wells.The second year of the Content Award sees last year's winner Ash Symonds on the shortlist again. He is joined by Stephen Darbyshire, Peter Moore and Mark Walsh, while the quartet nominated for the Alan Lee Trophy for Emerging Talent are two Racing Post writers, Matt Rennie and Catherine Macrae, as well as photographer Max Carter and Lewis Tomlinson of Timeform/Sporting Life.Meanwhile, the inaugural Racing Media Academy Award features four cadets from the class of 2026 in Sienna Anderson, Liam Clarke, Sneka Kute and Kate Mandley.The other nominees are as follows:TRAINER OF THE YEARAndrew BaldingGeorge BougheyWillie MullinsDan SkeltonJOCKEY OF THE YEARSean BowenBilly LoughnaneSaffie OsbornePaul TownendOWNER OF THE YEARGodolphinJuddmonteJ. P. McManusSusannah and Rich RicciINTERNATIONAL TRAINER OF THE YEARCharlie ApplebyGeorge BougheyJohn and Thady GosdenSir Mark PrescottThe post TDN Europe’s Emma Berry Shortlisted for Racing Writer of the Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.