THEY asked Bill Nack to deliver the keynote speech at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Saratoga one summer. They never asked him again. That’s how good he was, seamlessly stealing the show from the inductees, including charismatic jockey Mike Smith and crack sprinter Precisionist.
That day, the esteemed writer talked about clarity. That’s why he loved the game – the clarity of the finish line, the clarity of thoroughbred racing. Thinking about it, that’s the truth, the best part of racing is the finish line, the decisiveness, the resolution, the window slam of the finish line. Every race has a winner, that’s the essence of the sport.
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