NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
(859) 276-6809; [email protected]

AWARD-WINNING SPORTSWRITER AND AUTHOR BILL NACK TO BE
WEDNESDAY’S GUEST ON BLOODHORSE.COM’S “TALKIN’ HORSES”

Lexington, KY — Seven-time Eclipse Award-winning writer Bill Nack, one of sports’ most distinguished authors and writers, will be the special guest live online for the Wednesday, April 19th edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” beginning at Noon ET (9:00 a.m. PT); online at www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

A retired senior writer for Sports Illustrated and best known for writing Big Red of Meadow Stable (reissued under the title Secretariat: The Making of a Champion), Nack still contributes to GQ and Sports Illustrated, and has been a contributor to The Blood-Horse’s Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup coverage for several years. In addition, Nack is currently a consultant for the filming of the ABC/ESPN made for television movie Ruffian, and was a panelist for Horse Racing’s Top 100 Moments and Thoroughbred Champions: Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, available from Eclipse Press and ExclusivelyEquine.com.

Born in Chicago and raised in Skokie, Ill., Nack graduated from the University of Illinois before serving two years in the Army, the second in Vietnam. After leaving the service, he was a political and environmental writer at Newsday for four years, a turf writer for three years, and then served as a Newsday sports columnist for four years before joining Sports Illustrated. More recently, Nack retired to write freelance articles and non-fiction. He has three daughters and a son and lives in Washington, D.C.

How to participate/ask questions:
Questions for Bill Nack can be submitted in advance now or during the live online discussion by going to www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. The same Internet address will also carry bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” web cast live. Bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” offers an entertaining and engaging opportunity for racing enthusiasts to talk online one on one with high-profile insiders, newsmakers and legends of the Thoroughbred industry.

Racing enthusiasts are invited to join in the discussion or simply enjoy and monitor the informative “Q&A” session as it occurs by visiting http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses at Noon ET on Wednesday. Each edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” is also archived and available 24/7 for later reading.

For more information, visit: www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

About bloodhorse.com:

bloodhorse.com is operated by Blood-Horse Publications, the Thoroughbred industry’s premier publishing company. Blood-Horse Publications also publishes The Blood-Horse, the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information magazine; The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, a monthly equine health care magazine; TBH MarketWatch, a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; the official Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup souvenir magazines; Auction Edge; and Keeneland magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also publishes equine-related books and videos under the Eclipse Press banner, and operates a family of award-winning Web sites including TheHorse.com, StallionRegister.com, and ExclusivelyEquine.com, the official store of Blood-Horse Publications.

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For more information, contact:
Robert Bolson
Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
Tel.: (859) 276-6809
[email protected]

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