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Kerwin Clark, Stewart Elliott, Julien Leparoux, Glen Murphy, and Scott Stevens are the finalists for the 2017 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, the track announced Wednesday.The winner will be announced in February after a vote by jockeys throughout the nation. The award recognizes a rider for achievement in the saddle and for personal character. The winner will receive the award at a ceremony at Santa Anita in late winter or spring.Clark, 56, won the $1 million Kentucky Oaks on Lovely Maria in 2015. A Louisiana native, Clark began riding at Fair Grounds in 1976. Through Tuesday, Clark had 2,997 career wins. He currently rides at Delta Downs.Elliott, 51, is well known for winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2004 on Smarty Jones. Elliott has won 4,707 races through Tuesday and is a fixture on the Southern California circuit.Leparoux, 33, is the youngest of the nominees. The Eclipse Award winner as champion apprentice jockey in 2006, Leparoux won the Breeders Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita last month aboard Classic Empire. Leparoux is currently riding at Gulfstream Park and has won 10 riding titles at Keeneland. Through Tuesday, he had 2,329 wins.Murphy, 50, has been a fixture in New Mexico since his first career win in 1984. Murphy, who has not ridden since October, has won 3,047 Thoroughbred races and 3,169 races on all breeds.Stevens, 55, is currently riding at Turf Paradise and has had a presence there and at Canterbury Park in recent years. A member of the Idaho Racing Hall of Fame, Stevens has won 4,620 races on Thoroughbreds and 4,781 races on all breeds.Stevens was the leading rider at the 2015-16 Turf Paradise meeting, his eighth riding title there. 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Hes seen me as a pup, as a young guy, saw me coming up and doing this right now, give credit to him and [Rashean Mathis].They built me up into the guy I am.After Slay signed the deal, he said he first told Quin. Then he called Mathis, who mentored him during his first three seasons in the league before retiring this offseason. Then Slay had to get back to work, so he didnt even get a chance to call his mom to tell her the news.He figures she knows by now.She probably saw it on ESPN, Slay said. At the end of last season, Slay said he wanted to remain in Detroit for a long time -- part of the reason he wanted to get a deal done before the start of training camp.This offseason, Slay switched agents from the late Eugene Parker to Drew Rosenhaus and made it clear he wanted to get a deal done to stay with the Lions.The deal also marks the Lions first major extension under new general manager Bob Quinn.Slay, 25, emerged as one of the best corners in the NFC last season, when he had 58 tackles and two interceptions. By the end of last season, teams were actively throwing away from Slay as he began to earn a reputation as a shutdown cornerback.By the end of last season, Slay was traveling on the field, covering tthe opponents top receiver on every play.ddddddddddddHe came a long way from his rookie season in 2013, when he was benched for free agent Rashean Mathis, who eventually became Slays mentor on and off the field.Slay rebounded to become a starter in 2014 and then an emerging star last season. He also knows that the key to making a bigger name for himself is to create turnovers.Ive got to have interceptions, Slay said in June. I gots to have em. Ill be knocking the ball down, do all that. When its time to make the big plays, turn the ball over, I need to be a turnover machine. Thats what Richard Sherman is. Thats what [Patrick Peterson] is. Thats what all the best ones do; they just turn the ball over.Slay has four career interceptions and has focused on his hands this offseason, often catching balls off the JUGS machine after practices and working on catching the ball whenever he has some downtime.It was something that we wanted to get done as soon as possible, ideally before training camp started, said Lions team president Rod Wood. Im really, really glad that it worked out. A lot of people worked really hard on it from our side and Darius side, and Im glad it got done.Wood said thats the plan, in terms of re-signing their own guys to stick around long-term after building through the draft. He said its a lot easier when you know the guy.After losing Ndamukong Suh in free agency in 2015 and having Calvin Johnson retire this year, Wood said there was no added pressure to make sure Slays contract was done well before he would reach free agency, but that Slay did earn his contract and the team is glad the extension is done. ' ' '