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Six of the best from photographer Crowhurst

Getty Images’ ALAN CROWHURST was tonight named as the SJA Sports Photographer of the Year at the BT Sport-sponsored British Sports Journalism Awards dinner in London, thanks to a stunning Specialist Portfolio entry. Here’s a selection of Crowhurst’s best work

Frankie Dettori continues to provide a terrific subject for sports photographers, especially after just winning the Derby on Gordon Horn at Epsom last June
Frankie Dettori continues to provide a terrific subject for sports photographers, especially after just winning the Derby on Gordon Horn at Epsom last June

 

A week before Christmas, and Alan Crowhurst was on the racecourse again, taking this picture at Ascot as Harry Skelton gets unseated in a novice chase
A week before Christmas, and Alan Crowhurst was on the racecourse again, taking this picture at Ascot as Harry Skelton gets unseated in a novice chase

 

Ever vigilent, Alan Crowhurst captured this shot of champion jockey AP McCoy looking wistful from the weighing room on the day he retired from the saddle at Sandown in April
Ever vigilant, Alan Crowhurst captured this shot of champion jockey AP McCoy looking wistful from the weighing room on the day he retired from the saddle at Sandown in April

 

You have to get up early to beat Alan Crowhurst to the best racing images, as this image, taken at dawn in March on Lambourn's gallops demonstrates
You have to get up early to beat Alan Crowhurst to the best racing images, as this picture, taken on a March dawn on Lambourn’s gallops, demonstrates

 

Windsor races in June, and Alan Crowhurst managed to capture something of the beauty of the Sports of Kings with this picture
Windsor races in June, and Alan Crowhurst managed to capture something of the beauty of the Sports of Kings with this picture

 

Sometimes the pace drops for the jockeys, if not for sports photographers such as Alan Crowhurst, who is always looking for the next prize-winning image
Sometimes the pace does drop for the jockeys, if not for sports photographers such as Alan Crowhurst, who is always looking for the next prize-winning image

 

  • Rights-free images from tonight’s SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, sponsored by BT Sport, are available from Getty Images.
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