VICKY GROTHAUS
The Debbie Shauf Spirit Award is given to a person in the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing industry who loves the sport of racing and has gone above and beyond to help horsemen. Vicky Grothaus is the first recipient of this award. Because of her never-ending support to the Oklahoma Horsemen and her willingness to help anyone who needs it.
Hailing from Cincinnati, OH, Vicky Grothaus has always enjoyed going to the track. She loved working on the backside cleaning stalls and doing anything she could to be around the horses. For a while she worked for the thoroughbred trainer, Clay Neel, which brought her to Oklahoma in 1988. And in 1994, Vicky began working as a gap attendant, soon she moved to the press room and to clocking.
Through her years at Remington she has helped the horsemen solve problems, and always with a smile. She is one of the first people at the track in the morning and stays until the job is done. She is our clocker, our transfer queen and the woman that keeps the racing office running.
We appreciate all that Vicky does and we applaud her longevity in the racing industry.