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Race Result for "Death of a Racehorse"

http://deadspin.com/heres-the-race-r...rse-1112587018

Any excuse to re-read one of the best pieces of sportswriting ever. :)

I cant believe I never crossed this before. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting Gen......great writing for sure but I'm here to tell you that Im a 54 year old man and I cried reading Heinz' article, short but so alive, it seemed as if I was there and witnessing this event. :tro:

Subject of many threads here over the years..

Here's the one from '07, updated when Heinz passed away in '08: http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...ighlight=heinz

The article also has a link to a great appreciation of the piece, Heinz (and also about the injustice of Heinz never getting the Red Smith award):

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...e=joyce/080303

My favorite part was the conclusion:

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Maybe the APSE will get around to doing the right thing posthumously and name W.C. Heinz the winner of the Red Smith Award. I'd bet Red Smith would never have accepted his award if he knew his friend would forever be denied. And I'd bet that Red Smith and the rest on the honor roll would trade in all their awards to have written a story as good as "Death of a Racehorse."