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Nack updated his work in the 2002 release secretariat. I can remember watching the triple crown races with interest for the time in 1973. Secretariat by william nack 2010, paperback, movie. I got hooked when the wall street journal ran a side by side video of the belmont stakes race of this years winner, american pharoah and secretariats run in. In 1973, secretariat, perhaps the greatest thoroughbred in horseracing history captured the imagination of america when he won the triple crown.
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He wrote about sports, politics and the environment at newsday for 11 years before joining the staff of sports illustrated in 1978 as an. A major biography of secretariat, big red of meadow stable, was written by william nack and published by arthur fields books in 1975. The best american sports writing 2008 by william nack. Pure heart, written several months after secretariat was euthanized, was. In waging the most glorious triple crown campaign ever, secretariat made racing history in 1973. Seventime eclispe awardwinning writer william nack passed away on friday.
Nack mainly covered horse racing, and wrote several books. His recordbreaking victory in the belmont stakes, which he won by 31 lengths, is widely regarded as one of the greatest races of all time. Secretariat march 30, 1970 october 4, 1989 was an american thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1973, became the first triple crown winner in 25 years. This book by william nack was the basis for the movie starring diane lane as penny chenery the horses owner.
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