Horse Racing News on April 14, 2018

Famed horse racing writer Bill Nack has died at the age of 77 due to complications associated with cancer.

The award-winning writer hooked readers with his thorough reporting and gifted writing.

As a child growing up in Ireland, Davy Russell used to gather up bundles of freshly mown grass in his garden with his brother and cousins in the early spring and pretend they were fences in the Grand National Steeplechase.