Horse Racing Author, Former Jockey Dick Francis Dies

by: The Blood-Horse Staff

Best-selling British thriller writer and steeplechase jockey great Dick Francis died in his home in the Cayman Islands Feb. 14, The Associated Press reported. He was 89. His son Felix said he and his brother, Merrick, were "devastated" by their father’s death, but "rejoice in having been the sons of such an extraordinary man." "We share in... 


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