![]() ![]() William Nack’s remarkable story affirmed not only my career choice but also, at the time, my favorite hobby. And I wanted to spend the rest of my life trying. After reading that opening paragraph-and the entire piece, “ Pure Heart,” published in the June 4, 1990, edition of Sports Illustrated-I knew two things: I’d never in my life write anything that spectacular. All of the horse’s vital organs were normal in size except for the heart. Thomas Swerczek, a professor of veterinary science at the University of Kentucky, performed the necropsy. His body was trucked immediately to Lexington, Kentucky, where Dr. ![]() ….Forty-five seconds later there was a crash as the stallion collapsed. At the time, I was a 25-year-old reporter doing grunt work for little pay in the Broward bureau of the Miami Herald, writing about fires, Medicare scams and city commission meetings. ![]() Just before noon the horse was led haltingly into a van next to the stallion barn, and there a concentrated barbiturate was injected into his jugular….Īnd I still remember how I felt as I read the words-exhilarated and chastened. I still remember where I was-sitting in a dive bar in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., trying to tune out the noise from the beach bums and a jukebox blaring Madonna and the Bangles-when I read these words: ![]()
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