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Philip Von Borries

PHILIP VON BORRIES was an American sportswriter and author who published horse racing and baseball books, including Racelines: Observations on Horse Racing’s Glorious History, RaceLens: Vintage Thoroughbred Racing Images and American Gladiator: The Life and Times of Pete Browning.

Von Borries was one of the few turf writers to have won both the Eclipse Award for thoroughbred racing and the John Hervey Award for harness racing. His baseball bylines appeared in the Boston Red Sox Magazine, the Chicago Cubs Program Magazine and Sports Collectors Digest.

He also produced two nationally award-winning television documentaries on the Kentucky Derby’s Black history.

Von Borries died at age 74 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Philip Von Borries’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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